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...state Certified Public Accountant exams at 22 (a record at the time), went on to reach the top of his profession as president (1950-51) of the American Institute of Accountants. A Democrat, he liked Ike but took no active part in the campaign. Blunt, hard-driving Coleman Andrews trod on many a toe as Richmond city comptroller and Virginia state auditor, and friends predict he will spare no toes as the nation's chief tax collector...
...self-styled Don Quixote who trod on Quirino's toes by pushing his investigations of municipal graft embarrassingly close to the presidential palace, Lacson likes to boast that he "calls a spade a spade, and if necessary, a dirty, stinking, lousy shovel." Not surprisingly, it was his tongue (which a Manila hostess once suggested he should send to the laundry) that got him into trouble. Lacson was sued for libel-and gladly suspended by President Quirino-after he publicly denounced his deputy chief of police as "ignorant, an ignoramus and incompetent...
...ways your fathers trod...
...trod these classic rooms...
...Roughs trod on their toes...