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...democratic followers. An author's personal opinions need not impair an academic analysis, but in this book they do. Draper is so convinced of Castro's commitment to personal hegemony that he never even considers whether Castro might have been satisfied with less. Some leaders of nationalistic revolutions have clung desperately to power, others have not. Therefore, political analysts cannot assume that any new leader will protect his personal position at all costs...
...prosecution counsel and cut Pearson's arguments to shreds. Two weeks later, Diefenbaker called another election, and emerged from it with the most lopsided majority in Canadian history. 208 seats to the Liberals' 49. From that campaign. John Diefenbaker developed the theory, which he confidently clung to ever after, that he had an unfaltering political touch and a whammy on Lester Pearson...
...scramble up the rock wall to a ledge 12 feet above the ground. "The water rose higher and higher," said one. "It gradually reached our feet, then our knees. We could not see the others, but we heard their cries. Soon we heard nothing but the thundering water. We clung to the ledge and prayed.'' Those two were saved, but when the flood subsided three hours later, the muddy floor of the gorge was littered with sodden, battered bodies-Abbé Steinmann, two Arabs (a guide and a driver), and 21 Frenchwomen. Petra police flashed word...
...surprisingly strong campaign. If he finished not too far behind Pearson, there was a good chance that Diefenbaker might insistently hang onto office even though he might have fewer seats than the Liberals. There was a convenient precedent: in 1926, with 101 seats, Liberal Prime Minister Mackenzie King nonetheless clung to power for a time though the opposition held...
...brief moments last week, it was no dream. The Mets, with a record of 11 victories and 7 defeats, led the National League by a half-game, and the Angels (13 wins, 5 losses) clung to a similarly narrow margin in the American League. Of course, it was only spring training; the regular big-league season starts April 8. And down there in Florida and Arizona, which are practically in the Southern Hemisphere anyway, things are inclined to be upside down...