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...Apristas),* which appeals to the Indian masses of Peru. One probable result of Bustamante's election would be a new deal for the Indians. General Ureta's defeat would be excellent news for Chile, Colombia and Ecuador, which have long worried about the aggressive designs of the bumptious Peruvian Army...
Despite appearances, George Drew's government did not really fall; it was pushed. In power 19 months, its 37 members had managed to control the 90-seat House by grace of the Legislature's 16 Liberals. Then bumptious Liberal Leader Mitchell Frederick Hepburn had upset the applecart by teaming with teacherish Edward Bigelow ("Ted") Jolliffe and his 32 socialist CCFers...
...optimism that bubbled up in the U.S. with the crossing of the Rhine barrier was tempered by caution this time. The U.S. was through with such bumptious assumptions as it had made after General Patton's dash past Paris last summer. "A Feeling of Coming Victory," said the Chicago Sun's streamer. But this time it was not entirely the caution of earlier disappointment that kept down the premature cheering. It was also a more intimate realization of what the end of the war in Europe would mean...
When it met for the first time last week, nobody called the 79th a "Victory Congress." That bumptious phrase was tacked to the 78th, which had hoped to help write the peace, had watched Germany's stubborn legions postpone the day of victory. This setback had also changed the outlook for the 79th, which had anticipated in November's piping days that its main tasks would be to organize the peace and to legislate the U.S. back to a peacetime economy. Now the first job was an old job: get on with...
Born. To Martha Raye, 27, bumptious, big-mouthed Hollywood comedienne, and her fourth husband, Dancer Nick Condos, 36: their (and her) first child, a daughter; in Hollywood. Name Melodye. Weight...