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...dash of the law made him wealthy. After four years as Herbert Hoover's Secretary of War, he dabbled in Washington lobbying, became as outspoken an anti-New Dealer as any ex-officeholder. But Franklin Roosevelt tapped him early in World War II for a wide variety of ticklish diplomatic junkets. They have carried him at least three times across both the Atlantic and the Pacific, and into six continents-to Moscow, Canberra, Cairo, Kabul, Natal and points between and beyond. Franklin Roosevelt once confessed that only two men on earth understand how he and Pat manage...
Quadruplets are especially ticklish business because they are usually born prematurely, are too weak to survive the ordeal of birth-the U.S. would get about five sets a year were it not for high mortality soon after birth. At week's end, all the Cirminellos were doing well...
...Ticklish Topic. The N.Y. Times's James B. Reston offered an explanation. What Russia feels, he pointed out, is that Estonia,* Latvia, Lithuania and Poland east of the Curzon Line are her legitimate business,.not to be meddled with by outsiders. She fears that at some future time the Baltic States or Poland might appeal to the security league, charge Russia with aggression against them. The U.S. and Britain might be inclined to listen...
When they were over, Broz entered a school in Moscow. It was probably the West School, where foreign Communists were trained for ticklish work in foreign countries. For in Moscow the blacksmith's son from Klanjec had acquired a philosophy of life and action (Marxism), a party (the Communists) for which to work, conspire,* live and if necessary die, a Russian wife and son Zharko, who was decorated last year by Marshal Stalin for heroic service in the Red Army. Like most Russian-trained Communists, Broz soon acquired a dangerous mission also...
...Arnhem. Meanwhile General Dempsey's rescue force itself was in a ticklish spot. It had pierced a narrow slit into enemy territory. Behind it the Germans rushed in to cut it off. By furious tank attacks, the Germans at one point seized the road that was Dempsey's supply lifeline. After anxious hours they were thrown back, only to try again at another point. One mile from the slim corridor of advance, airborne Americans smashed a German concentration. A call for help brought rocket-firing aircraft into play against the tanks, and the second thrust was beaten back...