Word: controlled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...another deadlock might well have resulted. Democrats in the new House will outnumber Republicans, 243 to 192 (the old lineup: 247 Democrats, 188 Republicans) but each state delegation would have had only one vote, dictated by the wishes of the majority of the delegation. And neither party gained clear control over the 26 delegations that would have been necessary for the House to choose a winner. Democrats will command-but only in name-25 delegations, and the G.O.P. 20; five are evenly divided, hence would have lost their vote. Thus it might have been left to the Senate to select...
Packwood, a three-term Oregon state representative, is characteristic of an ambitious type of Republican emerging at the grass roots. This month the G.O.P. in five states-California, New York, Delaware, Indiana and Iowa-gained control of both houses of legislatures that were formerly split. Particularly hard hit was California Democrat Jesse Unruh, who had hoped to use his post as speaker of the state's assembly as a springboard to the governorship in 1970 but now faces at least two years in the humbler and less visible job of minority leader...
...property of the Democrats. In addition to their 51-vote House majority, they have a 58-to-42 edge in the Senate, after a loss of five seats. Nixon will thus become the first President since Zachary Taylor in 1849 to enter office with the opposition in complete control on Capitol Hill-even though the House, with its combination of Republicans and conservative Democrats, may not prove too unfriendly. Nevertheless, the G.O.P.'s gains in Congress, and more particularly at other levels, offered a dramatic demonstration of how far the party had traveled from the wreckage...
...pack of yippies unleashed a waggish demonstration in Tokyo last week. Howling for an increase in government-regulated imports of dog food, an estimated 1,500 dogs paraded, more or less under their owners' control, through central Tokyo to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Both owners and owned carried signs growling slogans such as: "Miserable Dogs" and "Fellow Doggies, Let's Bite Off More Allocations...
...querulous tone of his public statements tends to obscure the rare personal qualities of Pope Paul, which have been amply visible on his pilgrim voyages. Even his critics concede that Paul displayed considerable courage in issuing a birth-control decision that ran counter to the wishes of most of the faithful. Although he lacks the obvious warmth of John XXIII, Paul is an impressive and sympathetic figure before small audiences. "He is a man of anguish who communicates his anguish to others," says one Chicago priest. Unlike the aloof Pius XII, Paul almost never dines alone; unlike even John...