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...citizens hear lesser matters, too, from five microphones slung above the House's black-leather settees-an occasional barroom pun, laments upon a Representative's hangover, etc. The Speaker of the House censors all speeches for military security with a push button at his right hand. Orators can tell how they are doing by watching the colored lights above his desk. Red means "fine." White means the mike is dead...
...emerged from his room after dinner, wearing a hunting cap and carrying the shotgun, which was slung casually under one arm, as if he were going after deer...
There came a problem of school days and book bags. Not a thing in Navy Regs about the method of wearing or carrying --so we're testing our individuality. Worn the same way as the purse--bruises the right shoulder and left hip-but we can swing our arms. Slung over the shoulder--a la sea bag--seems a bit too "salty...
...will be noted from the afore-slung masthead, new management is come. Along with the new management is come new policy. In keeping with policy, we have revised no afore-slung column-title. Hereafter, nothing will be straight about his column but the border. We are working on that...
White Corp.'s rejuvenating tonic is compounded of many ingredients, and is expensive. For example, the Long Island is the only U.S. railroad now using double-decker coaches (it has three, low-slung to slide into tunnels); White Corp. recommended construction of a whole new fleet of them. Other medicine: electrification of 141 additional miles of line, improved riding comfort through installation of draught-proof windows, better car ventilators and lights, seats shaped to fit the human form, and heavier ballasted roadbed; in short, all the things other railroads have. The cost: $30 million...