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...proposals of the Cambridge Committee on the Inner Belt actually seemed to initiate whatever realistic debate there was in the Council. And yet, the committee has thus far failed to amass any significant political strength. What was needed (and probably still is) is the type of demonstration that removes the dispute from the exclusive realm of the politicians. The committee has done little to promote any political organization. In their defense, it might be said that by temperament, the committee members are not community organizers, and even if they were, the time they had was disproportionate to the task...
What the Kennedys have always been very good at is piling up huge majorities for themselves in state-wide elections. All Robert Kennedy's failures in New York will mean nothing next to the margin he will amass in winning re-election in 1970--something like two million votes. All Presidential Candidate Kennedy needs from his "home base" is its convention votes, plus evidence of his personal vote-getting ability. Robert Kennedy should find it possible to travel the road to the White House without ever learning his way around the crooked back hallways of Albany...
...three broad constitutional arguments. The first is freedom of religion, since Leary maintains he uses marijuana in a legitimate religious context. "The state will have to show that there is a clear or present danger of grave evil inherent in this use." Finer said, "and we are planning to amass considerable evidence to show that there...
...even more compelling motive for his return was revealed by his personal financial adviser, a Ghanaian business man named E. A. Ayeh Kumi. According to Kumi, Kwame had used his nine years as President to amass a fortune of "not less than $7,000,000," and most of the money was in Ghana. Part of the earnings had come from his printing company and two daily newspapers in Accra, but Nkrumah's biggest moneymaker was the National Development Corporation, which held a virtual monopoly on Ghana's import trade and was the only automobile insurance company that Ghanaian...
Maher said last night that he changed because he believed that Sullivan would never amass the necessary majority. Only minutes before Hayes was elected as mayor, Maher said, Vellucci had denied that he would shift from himself to Sullivan...