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They thus bested the Northern city bosses: Tammany Hall's Carmine DeSapio, Chicago's Jake Arvey and Pittsburgh's Dave Lawrence. The bosses' candidate, Philadelphia City Councilman James A. Finnegan, was absent, recuperating from gall-bladder surgery. Lawrence explained with the sincerest form of flattery: "Why, he just had the same operation that Adlai Stevenson had." Later, at a meeting of committeemen from the Western states, Lawrence tried again. Said he: "I won't ask you to raise your hands, but I just wonder how many men in this room haven't had gallstones...
Magsaysay also believes that he is getting the larger aspects of being President under control, though he is aware that there is some doubt on that score among some of his sincerest associates and admirers. "When you ride a strange horse, you always have a little trouble," Magsaysay says soberly, "no matter how good a horseman you are. Now I know my horse. There will be no more trouble. You will...
...want to express my sincerest appreciation, and the appreciation of the entire New York City Ballet Company, for the magnificent TIME cover story [Jan. 25] . . . We are all very pleased...
...Composer Joseph Haydn's closest friends and sincerest admirers was a phrenology enthusiast named Carl Rosenbaum. Two nights after Haydn's funeral in 1809, Rosenbaum took a shovel, a lantern and a brace of helpers to the fresh grave. When he left, he carried Haydn's head under his arm. His purpose: to save the great man's cranium for the study and admiration of future phrenologists...
...looking for Lucky Bucks. Manhattan's tabloid Daily News, biggest daily in the U.S. (circ. 2,200,000), eyed the Mirror's stunt coldly. But this week the News, which never admits to following the Mirror on any story or circulation stunt, broke out openly into the sincerest form of flattery. In a full-page ad, it blared its reply to the Mirror: "Bonanza Bills worth $2,750 every day! Plus an Extra Bonanza on Sunday...