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Much of the toughness was picked up from his Scottish immigrant father, James Clydesdale King, who was as dour and granitic as the foggy vale for which he was named. He drove hard bargains with his son, and forced him to keep them. Ever since, Ernest King has driven hard bargains and resolutely kept his promises. Because he made it a point of honor to be fair to subordinates, Sundowner King cannot understand why they seldom warmed to him. Neither can he understand why a taut ship is not automatically a happy ship...
...Bluebeard's soul, is consumed with curiosity about the seven doors to his subconscious. She coaxes his keys from him, one by one opens the doors to discover 1) his torture chamber, 2) his armory, 3) his treasury, 4) his secret garden, 5) his broad domain, 6) his vale of tears and, finally, 7) his three previous wives, alive, but all in trancelike states...
...saddened by the educational news which appeared in TIME, Sept. 15 under the heading "Vale, Pueri." I was also saddened by that Latin. If one were addressing one boy alone, salve and vale would be used, but as several pueri were addressed, the hail and farewell should have been salvete and valete respectively. I trust Mr. Solomon was misquoted...
...always been our basic policy." He had been among the first to suggest diplomatic recognition of Communist China, Churchill recalled. But ". . . if you recognize anyone, it does not mean that you like them. We all, for instance, recognize the right honorable gentleman, the member for Ebbw Vale...
...from the vale to the height...