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Eroding Power. Nonetheless, the public prestige and political power of big labor have steadily eroded in the past seven years. The machinations of such union bosses as the Teamsters' Dave Beck and Jimmy Hoffa have tarnished the image of the crusading labor leader. Admittedly, during the 1964 campaign, Lyndon Johnson valued union support sufficiently to commit himself to repeal of 14(b). But, well aware that few Americans these days are impassioned over Taft-Hartley, the President did little to push his bill on Capitol Hill...
...Some bunker. The first U.S. charge was turned back by anti-personnel mines set off electrically. A second, then a third U.S. attack was driven back by withering rifle and machine-gun fire. Finally, the G.I.s called for a flamethrower. It was brought up by helicopter, and Private Wayne Beck of Rolla, Mo., strapped it on his back for a fourth assault. Beck got within 60 ft. of the bunker before a mine and a bullet cut him down. Even as he fell, he sprayed the bunker with fire. Still the V.C. refused to surrender, so the troops called...
...appreciated for itself until the late 18th century. In the Colonies the practitioners were expatriate second-raters. "Landskips" at first lended to be more offshoots of the topographer's art adn when available, where popular. George Washington, for instance, bought two renditions of the Potomac Falls by George Beck...
...this sentence: "I ain't got no pencil." But the English language can set subtler traps. What's the difference, for instance, between sewerage and sewage? Is the word "whereabouts" singular or plural? When does a pupil become a student? Find the errors in these sentences: "Dave Beck pleaded innocent today to a charge of grand larceny." "At least twelve hawks are making their homes atop city skyscrapers and zooming down to snatch pigeons." "Mr. Smith was changing a flat tire when a second car collided with his automobile." "The bulk of Mr. Getty's fortune...
...Bernstein's answers: sewerage is the system through which sewage flows. Whereabouts is singular. A pupil becomes a student, according to Bernstein anyway, upon entering high school. Since U.S. justice presumes a defendant's innocence, Beck did not plead innocent; he pleaded not guilty. Hawks, etc. zoom in one direction only: up. It takes two moving cars to collide. Mr. Getty made his fortune; it did not make itself...