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...Chinese feelings would be deeply hurt. If the bill were reported out and passed, the A.F. of L., American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars would be very angry with Congress. And if the bill were reported out and rejected, matters would be still worse: it would be a slap in the face of China, whose morale is already suffering from six years...
...ships found Italians, they whipped them. On one occasion Admiral Sir James Fownes Somerville on the Nelson knocked the Italians and escaped with nothing worse than a scare from an Italian torpedo, which missed. Flashed A.B.C.: "Flag to Nelson. Success of your operation should console you for nearly getting slap in belly with wet fish." When Admiral Somerville was given a second knighthood, A.B.C. signaled "Congratulations. Twice a knight. And at your...
...corn ceiling, which had practically paralyzed the market, in order to start corn moving to cattle growers again. He raised the floor price of hogs from $13.25 to $13.75 to guarantee hog growers a fair return. And for the benefit of packers and the public, he got ready to slap a $14.50 ceiling on live hogs, recently selling...
...military power of Russia. . . . To suppose that Britain and the U.S. with the aid of some lesser European powers could maintain permanent security in Europe through a policy which alienated Russia and induced her to disinterest herself in Continental affairs would be sheer madness." This conception was a slap at the reported desire of the Vatican and of some circles in Washington to establish a buffer of anti-Russian states in Eastern Europe...
...team of five soldiers can slap together a Pacific hut-cozy, semi-permanent quarters for 16 to 18 men-in only eight hours. Pacific Huts' founders took about that much time to slap their company together last year. Its president, an ex-Buick salesman, Frank Hobbs, was then head of the Colotyle Corp. (a wallboard manufacturer now making bathroom and shower assemblies for Henry Kaiser); its vice president, George K. Comstock, owned a Seattle neon-sign business...