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Larry MacPhail, who is also a worrier, found it hard to take. Finally, as everyone felt sure he would, he emerged from his lowering cloud of silence and publicly castigated the Yankees. Along with some dark threats about overpaid players, he charged: "It is one thing to be beaten and quite another to be outhustled. . . . We must have more life, more pepper...
...sleep-lover, Scott once dozed while driving, and crashed into a North Chicago bungalow. To remind himself that sleep can be dangerous, he had an artist do a painting of the wreck, hung it in his office. A worrier, he devised ways to check on his salesmen's selling talks. One way: he hid microphones behind pictures and under display radios so that he could listen in on the sales spiel in the privacy of his rooftop office. He pioneered in the building of super-duper radios, sold them to wealthy householders for as much as $15,000 each...
Last Monday's disbursing exam had a few men repeating the old favorite worrier. What happens if we bilge now?" We think it's safe to say that our biggest regret would be the necessity of leaving the Supply Corps Midshipmen Officers School for some old commissioned line duty somewhere. (Gentlemen, a cryptic remark!) No wonder a Middle remarked to me the other day, quote. "Boy, we're glad you guys came before us guys, Sir", unquote...
Peter Portal is a worrier and a hurrier. He knows he has a tremendous job to do and not much time. His job-as he sees it -is not only to defend Britain but to crush Germany. One of his first acts when he became Chief of Staff was to issue a strong recommendation that all Air Ministry officers work six ten-hour days a week...
...Democratic aspirants, then damned them all with faint praise. For example: To many a caller Franklin Roosevelt has indicated that Cordell Hull is completely acceptable to him as the best 1940 compromise. But he also expressed fears that Mr. Hull is too old, and too much of a worrier...