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Lieut. General Brehon B. Somervell, head of SOS, thinks business and the housekeeping part (supply, service, transport) of the Army are much the same. "After all," said a major last week, "there is no reason for misunderstanding on either side. This move certainly ought to make for a smoother pushing...
...team played a much smoother and skillful game than it had displayed in earlier contests and it was only the slacking after the tally had been made that prevented a better showing. Penson in the goal and Herskovitz on the offensive were unquestionably the spark-plugs of the squad...
...report, he was made Acting Prime Minister in much the same way. Menzies wanted the job held by someone who was able but not overly ambitious to take over permanently. But with Menzies away, Australian political leaders found that the machinery of government seemed to run smoother. Unlike Menzies, Fadden never attempted to dazzle an audience, relied instead on his ability to work out favorable compromises. By the time the Prime Minister returned from Britain, Fadden had earned a useful reputation for getting things done...
...Syracuse race, which was rowed under very unfavorable conditions, the Crimson yearlings were simply "outmuscled" as Harvey Love put it. Calmer water might have helped, for then the Crimson's smoother rowing would have showed to better advantage...
...eager to get another crack at Harvard that each oarsman paid his own way up to Cambridge. As it was, the Varsity beat the Tigers by three-quarters of a length more than on their first meeting. Cornell's big eight, the "biggest" in the East, looked a lot smoother than the Tigers, but it never came anywhere near upsetting Harvard as the two crews before it have done. Harvey Love finds himself in an embarrassing position. For years his crews have gone to New London undefeated, but the 1944 edition will move to Red Top without having...