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...little man with hair like a dirty cotton boll showed up at the picket line, began to march in the opposite direction. His sign read: "We Americans Protest Communists Picketing the White House." He was Abe Tikotsky, an electrical worker, once of Springfield, Ill., with a lugubrious voice and sore feet. He said: "These dopes ain't got no sense. . . ."A clean-cut youth from South Dakota, now working in the War Department, stopped by and said: "That's a wonderful thing you're doing, fella." "Fine," said Abe. "would you mind standing...
Buck-Passing. From this background, Congress cynically watched the White House to see if the President would dare suggest Federal economies. But Mr. Roosevelt had just recommended a $158,000,000 expansion of the NYA program. Recently when reporters brought the matter up, the President growled like a sore bear. He defended the NYA and CCC appropriations, then passed the buck back again...
...Lacey and his sore arm, which has still not recovered from the pull it received against Dartmouth two weeks ago, were to decide the outcome, when in form, Lacey could have won the event with no trouble at all, but his bandaged throwing arm limited him to one toss for the vital second. As his teammates and spectators clustered around expectantly, Lacey took the Javelin without any preparatory throws and tossed it for a meet-winning 184 feet 8 1/2 inches, 7 feet further than Yale's Phil Freeman...
...Materiel. Those guns stuck out like sore thumbs-for the maneuvers had brought out not only the Army's spectacular new function as an instrument of defense, but also Mexico's spectacular weaknesses. Mexico has only 42,000 first-line combat troops. There are some 60,000 additional Agraristas, country volunteers, armed with rifles by the Government. Yearly conscript classes may soon be added to the regular reserve...
Colitis. The colon is next to the tail end of the large intestine. It may become sore from emotional strain, passage of rough food, hereditary kinks. The trouble is usually not serious, and a nervous person must learn to "live with his colon." Before going to parties, those who "fill up quickly with gas . . . can often get great relief by taking a teaspoonful of paregoric or a quarter of a half grain of codeine sulfate...