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...whose windows look out over the rolling Lincoln country, Republicans cheerfully and riotously voted an investigation of fuel oil rationing. (The House GOP leader applied an old gag to a new situation: "I hear that a lot of parents around the United States are being called Key Birds-they shudder down in the bottom of their cages and say, 'Key-rist, it's cold.' ") It made little difference that this is a Federal problem: Illinoisans must be kept informed (and GOPsters can gather a little campaign material). By the time the investigation is completed, it will...
...defeat: "I actually put my revolver to my head. I thought I would cry out: 'May Great Imperial Japan live forever!' in so loud a voice that the enemy would hear me, and then press the trigger. But the feel of the cold steel made me shudder, and I hastily replaced the weapon in my holster. I wanted to live on as long as I could. Thoughts of home brought tears to my eyes, and I shut them and prayed...
...danger of going over to dictatorship. . . . We are seeing before our eyes this week the breakdown of legislative Government. Congress is not legislating. It is carrying out the orders of a handful of farm lobbyists. ... To see this thing . . . is an appalling event which sends a shudder through your frame if you want to keep this a democracy. Time and again I have said that dictatorships rise up out of the decayed ruins of parliamentary Government. . . . Congress, you are asking for it, and it will be a sorry day for the United States of America...
...another thing Treasury officials shudder when they think of what would happen if an inflation scare started everyone spending all their money at once...
...success can be laid entirely to his complete artistry in the handling of an old theme in an old way. Philip Johnson's "Architecture of Harvard" shows skill and understanding in an eye-opening survey of the University's buildings from University Hall to the new Library. Undergraduates may shudder at references to Sever as a beautiful structure, but they will at least regard if again if they hear Mr. Johnson's scholarly recital of its merits. Finally, an expanded book review section, allowing ample room for general literary commentary, adds critical depth to the more imaginative material...