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That seemed to be the main point. Nobody was willing to argue all-out against tax cuts as a way of spurring the nation's sluggish economy. But the type of reduction, its relationship to Government spending and budget deficits-perhaps even tax reform, too-will be key issues...
...Legend of Lobo. In 1897, according to one educated estimate, about 500,000 head of cattle and sheep were slaughtered by wolves in the U.S. West. Understandably, the ranchmen waged all-out war against wolves, and toward the end of the last century thousands of the bloody brutes were trapped or shot or poisoned every year. But no matter how many were killed, there was always the big one that got away. In New Mexico his name was Lobo, and Lobo was a brute half again as big as he had any natural right to be, with a roar like...
...all-out effort to prevent the sale of liquor to minors is planned by the State Alcoholic Beverage Commission, said William Phillips, the commission's head, yesterday. Part of this effort will be directed towards bars and package stores serving Harvard students...
...Democratic State Attorney General Robert Thornton, who never had a chance. But Hatfield missed another sort of chance: he gave only the most tepid support to a weak G.O.P. ticket mate, Senate Candidate Sig Unander, who did well in losing to Democrat Wayne Morse. If popular Mark Hatfield had gone all-out for Unander, he might have helped rid the U.S. Senate of its windiest member...
Thus encouraged, Detroit went all-out at its auto show. Virtually every car and truck model produced by any U.S. automaker was on display. Fashion models slouched along a runway beside a 30-ft. revolving tower. Pontiac lined the doors of its Bonneville convertible with peacock feathers, and Dodge dressed up its truck display with two feminine "truck drivers" in short, short shorts. (Stock question from male showgoers: "Do you come with the truck?" Stock answer: "You couldn't afford...