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...improvisation, Paul sets down in detail a persuasive picture of New England life at the turn of the century. Author Paul is essentially a yarn-spinner, and Linden is largely a string of amusing and often indelicate anecdotes, but those who knew the area and the people will vouch for the genuine flavor...
Having served under him in the U.S. Navy I am willing to bet that the other 500 men of the former crew of the U.S.S. Pitt will vouch that they have never known of any one person who used adjectives more dramatically or profusely than Lieut. Commander Goodrich, no matter whether he was instructing, explaining, praising or more especially reprimanding with super-adjectival expletives...
...higher echelons. It was spark-plugged by General Marshall himself, and the men who ran the show in the Pentagon were of topflight ability. The I & E School at Washington and Lee University had the reputation of being one of the finest in the Army. I can vouch for the efficiency and evangelistic zeal of its faculty; for a month I was impressed with the importance of my military mission and imbued with a love for my fellow-soldiers. When I was handed my diploma, I was all set to go out into the world to teach my bunkmates...
...that Bavaria was too small to have a planned economy all by itself regardless of the other parts of Germany. Nothing was said about a planned economy being incompatible with democracy. Since I was a member of the Military Government committee on the review of state constitutions, I can vouch for the accuracy of the above account...
...spoke for the two: "Will you marry us?" The silent youth, in his early twenties, looked better fed than most Germans, although his blue suit did not fit him well. The girl readily produced her identification papers, but he said: "I lost mine in the bombing . . . she can vouch...