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CHAMBERLAIN : Well, that's too bad. I can't please all the people. Some people can't be pleased. If I have to please everybody, I don't want the goddam job. (Later, to a friend): If there's one thing they could chop off from the congressional job, it should be this post-office stuff. It's murder...
...Very much a Diamond in the rough, "Rick" brawls with as much zest as McGraw, has got his quota of lumps when outnumbered by thugs in ambush. A smooth, handsome bruiser with dark curly hair, Diamond (David Janssen) can incapacitate an enemy for hours with his trick judo neck-chop, also has a vicious knee uppercut that comes close to decapitating downed adversaries. Diamond's most amazing talent is his ability to keep his fedora on, no matter how violent the battle. His worst quality seems to be his flagrant affection for fat fees -a penchant that his fellow...
ECONOMIC TROUBLES in Latin America will knock sizable dent in trade with U.S. this year. Latin nations are cutting down purchases of both machinery and consumer goods, will probably chop trade by 10% to less than $4 billion...
...brief flurry, featuring 25-foot shots from the side and corner by Lion high scorer Rudy Milkey, was able to chop the Crimson lead to six points in the opening minutes of the second half. To quell the Lion threat, Coach Floyd Wilson sent the varsity out of its 2-1-2 into a 1-3-1 zone, which is especially effective in coping with outside shooting from the sides...
...debt is already scraping the legal debt ceiling ($275 billion), and 2) the 1957 recession will almost certainly shrink the Government's predicted tax returns, will also probably warm up tax-cut sentiments. To arrive at a balanced budget for fiscal 1959, the Administration will somehow have to chop nondefense spending in the face of undiminished public demand for federal services and subsidies; to meet the demand for services as well as the need for defense spending, it may well have to go to an unbalanced budget...