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During the summer came primary elections which in some degree reflected this movement. Longtime Drys began to weasel and talk of referendum while Wets plucked up new courage to speak out more boldly. The easy rapidity with which a Dry could become an extreme Wet was shown when Montana's Senator Wheeler did an overnight flip-flop on the issue...
...should be kept out of the headquarters campaign. Mindful of the Dry wing of his party in the South, Jouett Shouse, the Democratic national executive chairman, last week declared: "I don't regard Prohibition as a national issue between the two parties in this election." However he did not weasel on his personal position: "There must be a change in the Prohibition laws. There should not be a repeal of the 18th Amendment without offering some constructive substitute. I believe that will take the form of State control...
...less concrete factors militated against him: 1) A growing desire within the Senate to dictate judicial appointments to the President under the "advise" clause of the Constitution; 2) Consideration of the Parker appointment in open, executive session which gave Senators no chance to weasel on their votes...
London's suave lead was followed by Tokyo and Washington, where Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson announced that "in the matter of extraterritoriality the American and Chinese governments are now in complete accord." Thus the British masterminds which coined such weasel terms as "The Irish Free State" (see p. 27) appeared again triumphant. Abolition of extraterritoriality will be delayed for years, but China's face has been saved...
...holy that spoonfuls of his bathwater are peddled among the faithful, he owns one of the finest racing stables in Europe, plays roulette, shoots craps. In delicate compliment to her husband, Mlle. Carron wore a wedding gown of her husband's racing colors (emerald & chocolate) banded with weasel...