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...morning after the State of the Union address, ranking members of the Senate majority who make up the Democratic Policy Committee gathered for a private meeting. "It was the damnedest thing," one participant remarked afterward. "Not a single word was said about the President's speech...
...merger partner to save what was left. Early last week, a proposed merger with Detroit's solid, $498 million Bank of the Commonwealth unraveled when Public's accountant up and quit over "disagreements" with his bosses. Michigan State Banking Commissioner Charles Slay called it all "the damnedest mess I've ever seen...
...reopened -even though the court had yet to rule on whether its guidelines will apply retroactively. New York's Police Commissioner Howard J. Leary argued that "there is being developed sophisticated law for an immature society"; a police chief in Garland, Texas, complained: "It's the damnedest thing I ever heard-we may as well close up shop." Local newspaper cartoonists, too, had a field day, most of them siding melodramatically with what they assumed would be handcuffed police (see cuts...
...debate went into its second day, the House leadership tried to cut it off. Republicans resisted the rush tactics, and even a Democrat, Paul Jones of Missouri, cried: "This is the damnedest thing I've seen in all my life." He shouted at his fellow Democrats: "Some of you should be ashamed to call yourselves legislators." The opponents gained more talking time, but it did them no good. The final vote on the authorization...
Many there are who thrive and prosper on who the just manage Commercial to survive. Christmas, But many sink more or swim, as a Beverly Hills psychoanalyst shuddered last week: "Christmas puts the damnedest demands on everybody...