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Viewed from the gallery, the U.S. Senate falls woefully short of its own billing as the greatest deliberative body on earth. Vital issues are very often resolved casually after pawky debates; speakers drone on in an echo chamber of vacant desks. Delay and confusion abound. Last week Senators tugged valiantly at their togas and amended the rule book in the name of statesmanly decorum...
...maneuver, enabling habitual latecomers-notably including New York's Bobby Kennedy and Illinois' Charles Percy-to vote. Henceforth, this maneuver is out. Instead, Senate clerks will make a "slow call" of the roll, which, its proponents insist, will give laggards at least 15 minutes to reach the chamber...
...invitation. Though China was even then embarked on a bellicose course, it was cooperative enough to sign the meeting's final communiqué. This time at least 15 parties will boycott the conference. China, of course, is not coming. Albania would rather send a delegate to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. North Korea and North Viet Nam are not expected to show because they fear losing Chinese aid and diplomatic support. Cuba's Fidel Castro is not sending anyone because he bristles at Moscow's conservative line in Latin America. Among the Asian parties that are staying...
...musician to play regularly with a major U.S. orchestra, joining the double-bass section of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. His real ambition, though, was to swap his bow for a baton. He got conducting experience in the military with the Seventh Army Symphony, and later organized the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. In 1961, he substituted for Igor Markevitch with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and within a few years he ranked as the outstanding Negro conductor in the U.S., though he had no orchestra...
Addressing the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Galbraith said that the United States must stop the bombing in Vietnam to start peace negotiations or find "the most dignified exit possible...