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...Trib's heart was broken when Bob Taft lost. After Ike's nomination, the Trib said he "can't win," is a "poor creature" manipulated by "Wall Street . . . Buster Dewey the cheap trickster, and Lodge the New Dealer, who pretends to be a Republican." When the Democrats came to town, the Trib had some kind words for Senators Byrd and Russell. It fancied the idea of supporting a Democratic presidential candidate-for the first time in its 104 years-if either of the Senators was nominated. But after Stevenson was named, the Trib began to come...
This last aspect of the program will include Vicki Brazes, high and low board Olympic diving champion, Joe Verdure, former national breaststroke champion, and Mary Hutton, a "water trickster" from Canada...
...theater. Yet it is not quite large-sized drama. It builds powerfully, but to something not big enough. After such strong-willed people have been locked so long in conflict, there should be some kind of explosion from within themselves. Instead, melodrama is catapulted from without. A tricking-the-trickster that would be just right for rounding off a cold hard comedy about mere knaves is a little short-weight for people as generally base and passionate as they are specifically greedy...
...dawn. Result: only 22 Jap planes had to be shot down; 227 which had been pinned down by night intruders were smashed on the ground in a few hours. Habit-bound themselves, the Japs had failed to allow for the change of pace. "I knew they were stupid," said Trickster Halsey, ". . . but not that stupid...
...Italian drama and opera, il furbo [applied to Mussolini-TIME, June 21] ... is a not-too-sinister trickster and cheat whose schemes, for a time, prosper greatly. Invariably, however, he overextends himself and becomes involved in a fatal tangle. Only the intervention of providence, or some powerful protector who can make selfish use of his talents, saves him from final disaster. He emerges with his life, but shorn of all his gains...