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...Britannica, and as an Assistant Secretary of State once directed the Voice of America. He hired a helicopter, plastered a big sign on it: "Here's Bill Benton," and went hopping about the state like a man on an aerial pogo stick. A leather-chair type gladhander, he strove for the common touch. At country fairs, he handed out windshield stickers and buttons, told the crowd: "I will say for you ladies that I've had an experience such as you may understand. Men's trousers weren't made to be worn in helicopters-the cold...
Maine de Biran was notable for not being representative of his time, and strove in his journal to record only personal emotions and the fruits of his philosophizing. He might have lived in any country at any time, and it is upon this isolation from the environment that Mr. Huxley builds his longest essay, "Variations on a Philosopher...
Fall of 1949 was a lively season in and shout the Yard and the Square. Hundreds gasped, gurgled, and gawked as the area changed and absorbed new faces and strove to keep up with the changing world...
Fall of 1949 was a lively season in and about the Yard and the Square, Hundreds gasped, gurgied, and gawked as the are changed and absorbed new faces and strove to keep up with the changing world...
...Navy brass went on rebelling after unification of the armed services, however imperfect, became fact. In the end, a group of their most ardent officers rashly strove to put the Navy above the dictates of the Government. Last week the inevitable crash occurred. President Harry Truman, acting with brutal directness, removed the service's highest-ranking officer, Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, as Chief of Naval Operations...