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Political Maturity Political parties: 5. Voters: 72%. Tribal democracy. Gambians outside their only city will have barest knowledge of self-government when they win independence...
...California, Richard Nixon, the man who lost the presidency by the barest of margins, ran with the same intensity for the right to run for the lesser office of Governor. In Massachusetts, the Kennedy family, unafraid of the slings and arrows from lesser breeds, proudly ran its youngest son through a convention gauntlet, and saw him emerge the victor. The loser was kin to the Speaker of the House, but no matter-the Kennedys know how to win and patch up. In Connecticut, always considered a bellwether state, no fewer than six Republicans spent lavishly of their blood, sweat...
...vague generalities, translators of Communist doublespeak find admissions of China's severe economic crisis. Instead of the old slogans about "20 years of progress in a single day!", there seemed little hope now of doing more than feeding and clothing the Chinese people and supplying them with the barest necessities. The Communist leaders completely reversed the old policy of giving priority to heavy industry, which had nearly wrecked China's agriculture; the new demand was for "all-round balance" between branches of the economy "in the order of agriculture, light industry and heavy industry...
...less than two weeks before, U.S. Steel had reached a contract agreement with the United Steelworkers that Kennedy hailed as "non-inflationary" and as an example of "industrial statesmanship." So what did Blough want to see Kennedy about now? Bitter Coincidence. The President found out fast. After only the barest exchange of amenities, Blough handed Kennedy a mimeographed statement. As he read it, Kennedy's disbelief turned to fury...
...Lark enlarged and face-lifted. This March was Studebaker's best sales month in two years, and despite a 38-day strike (TIME, Jan. 26), production of the 1962 models has already surpassed Studebaker's entire 1961 output. But for Egbert this was only the barest beginning; he long ago decided that to win a real new lease on life Studebaker must overcome its total identification with the plain-feathered Lark by bringing out an entirely new and daring...