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...Wanted???Character lady about 50, who can dance...
...Morgan moved his head around, then swung it back into the identical position. But Photographer Steichen had got what he wanted???his subject had relaxed. It was the same pose, but more naturally and easily arrived at. Snap. Another picture. Exactly two minutes had elapsed...
...Hoover victory in his first major fight with the Congress was not easily won. To get what he wanted???a farm bill without a federal subsidy?he had to sacrifice his tenet that a President should never interfere with Congress, should never dictate to it on legislation. When, earlier in the week, the Senate had ignored his advice and voted to uphold its export debenture plan, the President very definitely interfered, very distinctly dictated...
...often he expected divine wrath to crush the enemies he himself could not subdue. He could be suave, diplomatic, dignified. But the Kings and Emperors of Europe, like gnats, pestered him till he seemed no more the Vicar of God, but a petty, earthly prince whose lands the Kings wanted?...
...Girls Wanted???A lily-white yet amusing comedy of rustic simplicity triumphant...