Word: arthur
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...President while leaving out Hubert Humphrey. Since a vote for Muskie is recorded as a vote for Humphrey, McCarthy is either kidding or indirectly supporting Humphrey. In fact, he may yet endorse the Vice President before the election. Numerous Democratic dissidents, including California Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh and Historian Arthur Schlesinger, have already followed that path. Many others, however, are resolutely unreconciled. For the first time since it began endorsing candidates in 1932, The New Republic refused to make any choice. Novelist Mary McCarthy writes bitterly: "Far from being a sign of apathy, [not voting] points to an aroused nation...
Bitter Exception. Any such solution is certainly anathema to the present Administration, would probably be distasteful to the next. Humphrey has said he is "determined" to keep joblessness at a minimum; Nixon vows to fight inflation "without increasing unemployment." In Washington, Chief White House Economic Adviser Arthur Okun took exception to the view that braking measures would have to be continued for very long. Inflation, he warned, might be less of a hazard than a prolonged slowdown, which could bring on "a stall and perhaps a tailspin...
...horse down the throat, there is no call for gripes, minor or major, about Mr. Adrian's pleasantly contrived evening. The selections themselves, made by Michael Voysey, are for the most part engrossing, and there are times, as with Shaw's mockery of Sir Henry Irving's performance in Arthur Conan Doyle's Waterloo, when Mr. Adrian works wonders with his material...
...Miracles. That ridiculous act reflects the tension that grips Brazil these days. A vast majority of Brazilians applauded the overthrow of Leftist João Goulart in 1964, and the cleanup started by the new military-backed regime of General Humberto Castello Branco was obviously necessary. When War Minister Arthur Costa e Silva was elected President by Congress in 1966, Brazilians listened to his promise to "humanize" the bureaucracy, promote a "Year of Education" and declare war on inflation. He did manage to slash the annual rate of inflation from 40% to 25%. The nation's gross national product...
...Construction of one-family homes is also rebounding. Last week the Commerce Department reported that total private-housing starts rose to an annual rate of 1,598,000 units during September, the highest since February 1964. But apartments account for 40% of new housing so far this year, and Arthur Pomponio, president of the Apartment Association, insists that the apartment share will grow to 45% of all starts...