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...Manhattan. Said he: "The church is too much in the care of older men. The church becomes too conservative and is prone to lose the sympathy of the younger generation." Urging that the church outdo Communists in pronouncing against war, Dr. Trexler deftly drew a parallel to make conservatives squirm: "Christ, seeing young Communists helping to cast out the devil of war, would again say, Forbid them not, as he did when John said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbade him because he followeth...
Smartly dressed in the shorts which he says he wears only because the amenities forbid his playing nude, Austin promptly made Captain Wear squirm by winning the first set 6-2. Allison comforted his captain by winning the next two. When Austin had won the fourth, the crowd perked up for the set which they felt sure was destined to decide the series. Allison led at 3-1, 4-3. and 5-4. At 30-15, only two points from victory, Captain Wear smiled as he watched his man trot up to smash an easy lob. Allison volleyed feebly into...
...absolutely stiff on the floor, having jumped out of the bowl which 1 had neglected to cover. Being interested in anatomy I decided to see just how the young were arranged in the mother. Imagine my surprise when the first baby I removed straightened out and began to squirm. I got a glass and salvaged seven living guppies out of the eleven present in the mother...
Ferdinand Pecora made many a millionaire sweat and squirm as he ferreted out Wall Street's secrets for the Senate Banking & Currency Committee (TIME, Feb. 27, 1933 et seq.). For his services the swart, Sicilian-born inquisitor received $300 per month and the thanks of his President in the form of a one-year appointment to the Securities & Exchange Commission (TIME, July 9). Last week Lawyer Pecora received from New York's Governor Lehman the reward which he really wanted. To serve the unexpired eight years of a resigned justice's term. Governor Lehman appointed Mr. Pecora...
...chairs, teetering, twisting. Their clothes and manners showed that few of them were at ease amid the splendors of Manhattan's swank Ritz-Carlton Hotel. But it was less their surroundings than the fateful decision that each & every one of them was about to make that caused them to squirm nervously...