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...that Burke cared to announce, except that it was part of a general shakeup. Red thought it might have had something to do with the recent night when the Yanks played to exactly 413 paying fans, and he suggested that the cameras pass around so the TV audience could count the house themselves. At any rate, he was happy to be "free to pick and choose" a new job. And it wouldn't be with one of those clubs where "you wind up with more young Ivy League guys in grey flannel britches than you have any idea...
...conclude that sporadic right-wing primary victories indicate a shift in the temper of the nation's electorate in a given direction would be premature for the reason that primary conditions are sharply different from those surrounding regular elections. And the results in November are the ones that count...
...Line-Up. In such a showdown, Nasser could count on Algeria, Syria, Iraq and Sallal's part of Yemen-all more or less socialist, Soviet-armed regimes. Feisal would have on his side Western-equipped Jordan, Bahrain, the tiny sheikdoms of the Persian Gulf, and perhaps Morocco, Tunisia and Kuwait. Non-Arab Iran, whose Shah despises Nasser, would probably aid Feisal enthusiastically. Anxious to remain neutral are Lebanon, Libya and the Sudan. But it may never come to a showdown. The meeting around a fire...
Patron State. Their main patron, through monarchy and republic, has remained the same: the state. Today their wall hangings decorate embassies, schools and government offices wherever the French flag flies, and museums beyond count. To celebrate Gobelins' three centuries of achievement, the pick of its greatest tapestries were on special exhibition last week at France's Mobilier National (the government department in charge of all official furnishings). The exhibits range in style from the elaborate allegories of Gobelins' first director, Charles Le Brun, to the joyful abstractions of the Spanish painter Joan Miro (see color page...
...Peace Corps or to teach public school. No one, however, has suggested that we follow Ethiopia's example and demand that every candidate for a University degree spend two years serving the state -- though Western Michigan College is experimenting with a plan which will enable students to count two years in a Peace Corps-like organization as the equivalent of one year in college...