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...House fell into hushed silence as the clerk called the roll. But Mason's extreme motion did not unify the Republicans, and it was voted down by 253 to 171-with the help of 43 Republicans...
...Please tell Mr. Ebtehaj to leave prison so as to make our job easy," said the magistrate to a clerk. Thus, on the same absurd note with which it began seven months ago, the case of Iran's most celebrated prisoner ended last week...
Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A...
Ostensibly for health reasons, McGinnis is turning the B. & M. presidency over to Vice President Daniel A. Benson, 47, a tough, savvy operating railroader who began as a New Haven yard clerk. "I don't have any heart trouble. I don't have any ulcers," says McGinnis. "But I've been working twelve-hour days. I'm slowing down before something happens.'' Of considerably more concern, however, is the state of the B. & M.'s health. By McGinnis' standards the road's financial picture has been improving: "In railroads, we measure...
...HOUSE FOR MR. BISWAS, by V. S. Naipaul (53 I pp.; McGraw-Hill; $5.95). "I can't tell you how sad it make me to leave this house," the solicitor's clerk told Mr. Biswas. "Really for my mother sake, man. That is the onliest reason why I have to move. The old queen can't man age the steps." And so Mr. Biswas, ex-sign painter, ex-bus conductor, ex-journalist, achieved his heart's desire and moved into a dwelling of his very own. It looked "like a huge and squat sentry...