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...time he was finished, Lyndon Johnson had painted for all the nation to see a picture of a man shorn of cant, newly committed and unalterably dedicated to the civil rights cause. Long ago-as Congressman and Senator-he had been among those who manned the barricades against the Negro advance by voting against key civil rights bills. There was no question now that he was involved. In his address, he illuminated that involvement in a revealing statement by which he hoped history would judge him (see box). He strode from the chamber a changed man, confident in that hope...
...eleven hours a day. "Everything's fine with TV" he beams, "except the blasted commercials." He's not exactly sure of the time he spends studying Its regulated by the day's TV schedule, offhands. Allowing about ten hours a day for sleep and classes, it cant be much, but it is enough. Despite TV, Saleh ranks as the university's top mechanical engineering student...
...Jersey Turnpike last year, not one was wearing a seat belt. There is something else the automakers should do: place the ignition switch and the emergency brake near the middle of the dashboard, so that a front-seat passenger can reach them in case the driver is incapacitated. GILBERT CANT New York City...
...twelve Irish M.P.s were hauled from their seats by police when other efforts to eject them failed. In an attempt to make debate more seemly, Speakers of the past have banned "grossly insulting language" and the use of such words as villain, hypocrite, murderer, insulting dog, swine, Pecksniffian cant, cheat, stoolpigeon and bastard. In the 1880s, one Charles Bradlaugh was refused his seat because he was an avowed atheist. When Bradlaugh tried to take it anyway, he battled ten Bobbies to a draw until he fainted from his exertions...
...spot in Washington" to corner for Massachusetts all possible Federal grants and programs, again a commendable proposal but one which Volpe put into practice nearly four years ago. Bellotti would establish a state Economic Research Council, a fine liberal proposal in itself, but one that sounds more like liberal cant when contrasted with his general apathy toward economic matters. Finally, Bellotti has great faith that future economic growth will fill the treasury's coffers without increased tax revenues. Regrettably, he fails to explain why industry will flock to a state with astronomical property taxes or how, if these now vital...