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...Born to Act." How super was he? Since becoming Secretary of State, Marshall has made one speech, a Washington's Birthday address at Princeton University; it left wide-open the question of his stature in his new job. He passed on a wholesome reminder that "peace is yet to be secured." In a pungent passage (which might be applied critically to the U.S. hands-off policy in China) he deplored the spectator attitude of many Americans. He quoted Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Man is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth...
...wide-open city room that Founder William Rockhill Nelson planned that way, Roy Roberts is easy to see and hard to miss. No secretaries shield him, but callers have to compete with clubwomen, clergymen, panhandlers, bankers, ward-heelers-and reporters who sit in the edges of nearby desks, eyes cocked for an opening. The man to see sits in shirtsleeves, chomping a frayed cigar, nodding vigorously, his stomach like a bolster between him and the desk...
Ohio's other hopeful, John Bricker, cried: "It's a wide-open race. Anyone can come in." California's Earl Warren was still reluctant, though the liberal, Democratic Los Angeles Daily News had begun tub-thumping on his behalf...
...wide-open third canto, Almy batted in a long shot from defenseman Al Key to tie the game with the only goal of the period. Then after 3:43 of the overtime Abbot came through with his winning second goal on a pass from Taber...
Roaring through their season with little trouble after a shaky 13 to 12 start against Dunster, Kirkland's Deacons, paced by George Blanchard in the line and Andy Muldoon in the backfield, have polished their wide-open offensive to the point where they offer a serious threat both on the ground...