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...Cowen's fifth foul, and the antics of Lanier, Money, and ex-con Marvin Barnes cooled the Celtics' momentum in a hurry. Barnes' 20-footer with 2:31 remaining gave Detroit a 91-77 lead, and then both squads traded hoops to yawn the game to a close...
Similar as the pro and con arguments were for both committees, only one survived the reorganization. The Special Committee on Aging was made a permanent Senate special committee by a unanimous vote on the Senate floor (a few Senators, however, abstained). Encouraged by this vote, Nutrition Committee Chairman George McGovern (D.-S. Dak.), Sens. Robert Dole (R.-Kan.), Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.), Henry Bellmon (R.-Okla.), Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D.-Mass.) and others fought to extend the Nutrition Committee on a year-by-year basis, as had been done in the past. Nutritions ranking minority member Charles Percy...
...companies, then, are waging a subtle and clever propaganda campaign. With pressing decisions to be made regarding national energy policy. Americans can little afford to be duped and mesmerized by Madison Avenue con men. Trusting your car to the man who wears the star is one thing; trusting an oil company with a multi-million dollar public relations budget is quite another...
City Councilors David E. Clem, Daniel J. Clinton, Thomas W. Danehy and Walter J. Sullivan opposed releasing the petitions, while Barbara Ackermann, Francis H. Duehay '55, Saundra Graham and Mavor Alfred E. Vellucci voted to release. City Councilor Leonard J. Russel, who has consistently voted against the con- dominium curbs and rent control, left the meeting before the roll-call...
...Volpone is not only evil but endlessly beguiling, and in this magnificent production at Britain's National Theater he is also unfailingly amusing. As played by Paul Scofield, he is the grandfather of all con men. Feigning terminal illness, he convinces half of Venice-the richer half -that he will make each one his heir so long as he is kept in good humor until his death. The lure of his wealth-"letting the cherry knock against their lips," as he puts it-makes Volpone truly rich. Urged on by his servant Mosca, the Venetians beggar themselves to keep...