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Deputy Dr. Thomas F. O'Higgins, the doughty man, rose in the Dail Eireann last week to complain that Prime Minister Eamon de Valera had called the Opposition "cubs...
...Higgins: "The Taoiseach [leader, i.e., De Valera] said, 'I always enjoy the violence and the bellowing of the cubs on the opposite benches...
...Valera: "I did not use that word...
...Valera:"...! deny absolutely that I used the word. ... I used a couple of words from Homer which mean 'the resounding...
...Government had no answer and few plans. "We're not responsible for sun-spots," snapped mystic mathematician Premier Eamon de Valera at his critics. And while Dev doodled oversize hieroglyphics, at his side nervous, lanky Agriculture Minister Patrick Smith could only assure the Dail that "with the help of God" the weather would mend. "I have faith in the mercy of God," piously echoed an Opposition frontbencher. Like the Government, the Opposition had no further ideas...