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Crowded House. New Hampshire has long since come to expect such serious efforts in its primaries. The state itself takes its politics in dead earnest. Though it is 45th among the states in population (606,921), its 400-member house of representatives is the fourth-largest in the English-speaking world (after Britain's Upper and Lower Chambers and the U.S. House), giving a remarkable number of people a crack at active roles in politics. In a sense, the house perpetuates the New England town meeting, and in that sort of atmosphere even the most attractive candidates are hard...
Under the flame trees that line Dar es Salaam's breezy waterfront esplanade, the 45th Royal Marine Commando band tootled a medley of marches. Carefree Tanganyikans of all races sauntered under sunny skies, staring at the great British warships at anchor outside Dar's tidy harbor or simply listening to the music. But the holiday mood was superficial. All through East Africa, worried government leaders were busy patching the flimsy fabric of their infant nations, torn by a week of armed mutiny and racial violence...
...congressional farm leaders, pleading for passage of a new bill before February. In St. Paul, Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman told the National Farmers Union that "a wheat program will be necessary." And in Chicago, where 5,000 farmer-delegates of the conservative American Farm Bureau Federation were holding their 45th annual convention, the Administration made a major effort at conciliating the farmer...
Call Me Bwana. "No harm intended," says the native chief who has buried Bob Hope right up to his ears in Africa. "Just part of our culture." The same may be said of Bob Hope's 45th movie, but the statement does not make the experience of it any less regrettable...
That made it even better. He got a fight with bold old Archie Moore, who was working on his 45th knockout when Clay was born. Quoth Cassius...