Word: comedownance
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...feel that he had suffered a comedown from his days of real power in the Senate? "I have never felt that the vice-presidency was a comedown from anything,'' murmured Lyndon, ''except the presidency...
...year by insisting that the government match the salary that he got as technical director of Imperial Chemical Industries: $67,000. That was 2½ times what his predecessor got and much higher than the Prime Minister's pay ($28,000), but Beeching's principles opposed a comedown. Beeching, now 49, may be worth much more than that to the railways, which ran a crashing $252 million in the red last year...
...massive-resistance defenders, after last week's primary races for the 140 state legislature seats (132 Democratic). Like most politicians, Editor "Kilpo" read the results as a considerable victory for Governor J. Lindsay Almond Jr. and his moderate school program. Politicians also saw in the results a personal comedown for the segregationist patriarch of state Democrats, U.S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd...
...Crimson's sloppy play, a definite comedown from its pre-vacation standards, was almost matched by that of the Jumbos, but not closely enough to prevent the Yardlings' first loss of the year...
...plan that he will submit to NATO's permanent Council next month, Norstad stubbornly reiterated that if it is to be an effective shield against Soviet aggression in Europe NATO must have "about 30 divisions" in the line that runs from the Baltic to the Alps. A vast comedown from the 1952 vision of 97 divisions, Norstad's minimum goal is, even so, out of reach, and threatens to become more so, at a time when most Western nations (including the U.S.) are reducing the number of men under arms. NATO has at its immediate disposal...