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Watching from Washington and smelling a stunt, Maritime Commission admirals did not know whether to spank the upstarts or praise them. With characteristic deftness, the Kaisers had delivered the Joe Teal, the 75th Liberty ship from Oregon Shipbuilding Co.'s yard, on the eve of the anniversary of the first Liberty launchings, a day set aside by President Roosevelt for a "Salute to the Victory Fleet." The Kaisers swore nothing had been sacrificed in making their record. A stunt they had done, but not an impossible stunt with modern methods of shipbuilding in which the beginning is not really...
When he concluded. Cordell Hull looked like a man who had been forced to spank his son. Newsmen recalled the 1939 day when handsome Finnish Minister Hjalmar Procopé had been cheered to the rafters by a group of hard-boiled Washington reporters; the day President Roosevelt had read his moving statement assuring Finland of "the respect and warm regard of the people and the Government of the United States...
Often have I been prompted to praise or spank TIME, but only today has the urge bubbled over into action. Herewith, praise...
...deliberately disobey simply because I resent the authority which imposes the rules, regulations, and minor penalties upon me. However, there must be other effective means of punishment than making me down my pants and cross the parental knee. After all, a 15-year-old girl is too old to spank...
...Spank a child only for extreme misdemeanors (e.g., for a temper tantrum, for shouting "Shut...