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...clamor reached such a point that Nixon Spokesman Warren was forced to assert that no one in the White House was trying to push Agnew to resign. Indeed, it could be argued that while Nixon might very well like to be rid of the Agnew problem, it was by no means certain that he wanted to get rid of Agnew. Dumping the Vice President simply made no political sense, Nixon aides kept insisting. After all, the President had twice picked Agnew as his running mate. Said one aide: "Let's face it; if Agnew goes down the tube, that...
...also assert that the city is selling these houses "for $1 apiece to anyone of limited income." The city charter states that city-owned properties are to be sold by bid. The bill complies with the rules of the charter; the bidding price for the houses and properties begins at $1. Thanks to the sincere efforts of Coleman, a hard-working freshman councilman, the concept of urban homesteading may revolutionize the entire process of urban renewal throughout the nation...
...gradually seeps into the new cracks, the ratio returns to normal. But the water increases pressure within the rock, causing one wall of the fault to slide along the other. It is this slippage that creates the shock. In a paper submitted to Science, Sykes, Aggarwal and Christopher Scholz assert that in the Blue Mountain region the seismic-wave phenomenon occurs before every sizable earth tremor...
Although the report does not charge that the oil companies conspired to produce gasoline shortages, it does assert that they have used them to "eliminate competition." Over the years, the report says, tax regulations, depletion allowances and the now suspended oil-import quota system have allowed the 20 biggest firms-those that control most domestic crude production, proved domestic reserves, refining capacity, pipelines and gas stations-to make tremendous profits at the production level, while holding down supplies and locking out independent refiners...
...recital opened with the Clarinet Trio in E of Mozart K. 498, with Robert Crowley, clarinet, Candace Miller, viola, and Marta Dabezies, piano. There was a slight ensemble problem here in that Miller's frail, smallish viola tone did not always assert itself, and at times was drowned out by the combined forces of the piano and Crowley's full clarinet tone. But what is most important in this piece, and what many experienced performers fail to capture, is the atmosphere, the ambiance, Mozart creates--that rarefied, beatific feeling which is irradiated by the man who Has Seen...