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...threw the letter in the fireplace. Soon the second arrived. "If you don't pay you'll have a difficult time." When that was ignored, a third threatened: "If not paid immediately we will have your head -you'll be slaughtered in the marketplace like a steer...
...President decides to steer this bill to Congress in January, it will be much more bitterly fought by the Real Estate interests than its predecessor. It would aid a higher income group which speculative builders call their own, though they have overlooked it so far. On the other hand, the 300,000 additional units would not cost taxpayers anything, for they would be financed by low interest government loans rather than subsidies. And this proposal is more in keeping with Democratic campaign promises than the conservative HHFA suggestions...
...life stature of the picture. The herd scenes are shot full of sincere feeling for the outdoors and their realism is undeniable. The stampede is an awesome spectacle of surging horns and unnumbered cattle, rolling over the land with the inevitability of nightfall. The river-crossing sequence shown steer after steer skidding down a bank, fording the water and crawling up the other side, always threatened with the possibility of quicksand--a threat that contrasts ominously with the cheery sunlight and the random whooping of the out-riders...
...voters of Cape Province of their direct franchise. The government already has passed a law compelling the Cape's colored voters to appear before an electoral officer, magistrate or police officer to prove that they can actually write their names and addresses. Since most colored citizens prefer to steer clear of race-baiting Nationalist police officials, the effect of the new law will be to disfranchise thousands...
Twice before, John L. had tried to steer his miners' votes. Not many had followed his wrathful advice to vote against Franklin Roosevelt in 1940 and 1944. After his tirade against Harry Truman, newsmen polled many of the delegates, found that about half would vote for Truman.* Next day a rumble of opposition broke out on the convention floor over a resolution which indirectly endorsed Tom Dewey (it said that Governor Dewey had never said anything bad about the U.M.W.). The resolution passed, but the mild resentment caused the geyser to erupt again. Lewis steamily trumpeted: "If there...