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...House (up from 235 to 281). So Democrat Johnson, 48 hours after the count, stepped forth with a program for liberal expansion of federal spending and power by the 86th Congress. " Lyndon doesn't lean with the wind," cracked an admiring Senate colleague. "He leans ahead...
...mile, seven-week world tour to sell greater Canada to the world. He has a good case. Canada's economy has spurted faster since World War II than Britain's or the U.S.'s. The nation's population has shot ahead 37% v. 25% for the U.S., 4% for Britain, 14% for France. Its standard of living outdistances every nation's but the U.S.'s. Full of such assertive confidence, Diefenbaker intends to champion Commonwealth trade and mutual aid-and he means that Canada will provide the aid. "The question which occupies us most...
...getting out on a limb. As for the other New York newspapers, the most remarkable performance was a public display of neuro-journalism by the New York Post (see below). The usually hep New York Daily News pulled an Election-Night boner with the un-Newsworihy headline, HARRIMAN JUMPS AHEAD IN CITY VOTE, at the same hour that the competitive Mirror was proclaiming ROCKY WINS. The Herald Tribune's national political pundit, Joseph Alsop (TIME, Oct. 27), wrote four days before election that "anyone would be a fool to forecast the New York outcome...
...Harvard-Brown game, the airy intangibles of football season psychology are apt to play a part. The Bruins' arrival is sandwiched between the Princeton and Yale contests and has often caught the Crimson carried away by thoughts of another Saturday, either ahead or behind
Then, at 6:37 of the third quarter, the varsity went ahead, to 21-7, on Botsford's second touchdown. But Brown retaliated four minutes later to close the gap, and, with less than two minutes to play, the Bruins tied it up. It was a great day for Botsford, who gained about 80 yards rushing and completed seven of eleven passes...