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Davis, who will be replacing Kathleen M. O’Toole??who resigned in June to assume the position of chief of Ireland’s national police force—has served as superintendent of police in Lowell, Mass. for the past 12 years...
This expedition, which is recounted in the early chapters, is the first illustration of O’Toole??s overriding theme: that “Roosevelt often mistook the sirens of personal ambition for the trumpets of public duty.” The safari, Roosevelt explained unconvincingly, achieved important public ends. Science, for one, and pest control too. He even portrayed hunting as “a humane alternative to a cruel death in the jaw of a predator or the prolonged agony of starvation...
Roosevelt wrote columns and delivered speeches sharply chastising Taft, accusing him of violating “every canon of ordinary decency and fair dealing.” O’Toole??s narrative of the ruined friendship paints Roosevelt as the pigheaded party who refused Taft’s peace gestures. Taft is the far more sympathetic figure. For instance, while on the stump, Taft broke into tears, lamenting that “Roosevelt was my closest friend...
...quickness off the dribble turned out to be a menace. While the Quakers’ uncanny accuracy from the three-point arc was deadly, it was really the fruit of the Penn guards’ earlier forays into the lane. In Toole??s case, only two of his nine field goals came from long range. The rest came on layups and easy runners when he put the ball on the floor and beat his defender...
...Toole??s one of the better guys in the league in being able to really knock you off balance with the dribble,” said Harvard coach Frank Sullivan. “I think we had a tough time adjusting to that. We talked a little about it and we’ll certainly talk a lot more about it when we go home...