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...morning last week, a white-haired gentleman of 68 strode into his lecture hall at Princeton University and, as was his custom, headed directly for the platform. As he neared it, the 700 students rose to their feet, and the whole room resounded with cheers. As everyone at Princeton agreed, it was an appropriate tribute: the inimitable Walter Phelps Hall, member of the Princeton faculty for 39 years, professor of history for 24, was retiring, and this was his last appearance in class...
...notably stoop-shouldered, he drives himself from 8 a.m. until past midnight, and expects his staff to have the same endurance. Once he assigned an aide a job at 2 a.m. and was on the telephone at 7 a.m. to ask how it was coming. On another occasion, he strode out of his office at 5 p.m. and announced over his shoulder: "Today's a half holiday...
Bind the Man Down. At a nod from Vinson, John Davis strode forward to build his case against Harry Truman. Had the President seized the steel plants under authority of any statute? He had not. He had, in fact, declined to use the Taft-Hartley Act, Congress's remedy for heading off important labor-management disputes. "Having that weapon at hand, any effort on his part to forge a new and different weapon only aggravates the claim of usurpation which we are compelled to make. There was no statutory framework for this seizure. What then...
...Full Life. He was at his bouncy best, grinning, jaunty and eupeptic, when he strode into his press conference later in the afternoon. But his mood changed abruptly when he was asked for some birthday reflections on life in the presidency. Gazing at the floor, speaking slowly and thoughtfully, there was a definite note of sadness in his voice as he answered for direct quotation; "Well ... I have had a most happy and, I guess, as full a life as any man of this age and I have tried my best . . . to give the people everything I had to give...
...sixth, he walked pitcher Johnny Arnold to open the inning. After Ed Krinsky popped to third, Bogdan walked Ralph Robinson and gave up his first hit, a double by Captain Charlie Walsh. Immediately, almost before the ball bad been tossed in from left field. Holy Cross coach Jack Barry strode to the mound, yanked Bogdan, and put in Holy Cross' ace pitcher Jim O'Neil, who held the home team scoreless for three and one-third innings...