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...this point, the President attacked the bill's opponents in his now-famous "bite the bullet" press conference. While his leaden language irritated many, it did make clear that a tax rise is the key to continued prosperity and the stability of the dollar. The Senate and House conferees eventually agreed, but -largely as a result of their annoyance at the President's blunt words-only at the $6 billion price the conservatives had demanded. With the stability of the economy at stake, Johnson can hardly refuse to go along, but he cannot take much pleasure...
...pressurized can, as a means of coping with rioters and unruly suspects. Used as recommended (from at least 3 ft. away, in 1-sec. bursts), it causes temporary loss of vision and inability to move-effects far less drastic than those of a club or a .38-cal. bullet...
...bill, and Lyndon Johnson all at once was his old self again. For eight gesticulatory minutes-more than twice the time he devoted to the subject of peace talks-he laced into Capitol Hill economizers and urged Congressmen to "stand up like men" and vote, to "bite the bullet" no matter how much it hurt. Oddly enough, until he spoke, they had seemed ready to do just that...
...measure-meets to consider the matter. Angry as they are, most Congressmen now realize, like it or not, that higher taxes are mandatory if the economy and the dollar are to be saved. But like it or not, Lyndon Johnson also will have to bite the bullet and accept cutbacks that will maim some of his proudest programs...
...oilfield worker who carried two $20,000 life insurance policies that paid double indemnity in case of accidental death. When he died-accidentally, she said-she sued the insurance companies for the double payoff. The companies protested that the death was hardly accidental, since it was caused by a bullet fired from a gun by Mrs. Legg. What's more, they told a Texas jury, she had been charged with murder and was awaiting trial. Mrs. Legg said it was indeed an accident. She had surprised her husband in bed with another woman, she said. She started firing...