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...Damnedest Thing. By late August the cancer had so ravaged the old man that he could no longer carry on. Mister Sam had a pretty good idea of what ailed him-and he determined to go home to Texas to die. Still, as he left Washington four weeks before Congress adjourned, he defiantly promised to return for the next session in January...
...Urge to Purge. In analysis-conscious California, leading couch mechanics have denied that this smacks of exhibitionism, believe that it merely reflects a desire to glamorize basic functions. "The ancient Romans used to find the damnedest ways of getting pleasure," says one psychiatrist. "A good plumbing system was one of them; the garden bathroom shows this same urge...
...Times reviewer of the first night performance in 1881, last night's program informed me, suffered from an "embarras de richesse." Rather different pains attacked me; Patience is simply not worth performing. But, in all fairness, the G and S Players have done their damnedest to make the thing worth seeing...
...Rayburn, but 22 Republicans, mostly from the urban Northeast, crossed over the party line to save him from a humiliating defeat. When Rayburn announced the totals. Howard Smith stood up and shuffled off the floor and into the cloakroom. "Well," he said with a wan smile, "we done our damnedest." Rayburn's smile was far from wan. "We won." he said, his eyes dancing, "and I am satisfied...
...judges and the law have put so many safeguards around doctors." He points out that in some states (e.g., Arizona, New Mexico) malpractice cases are "very rare indeed," because doctors flatly refuse to give testimony that would show medical negligence by their colleagues. Says Belli: "It's the damnedest conspiracy, but it's understandable: the doctors fear reprisals-their insurance can be yanked, or they can be bumped off the hospital staff or find empty chairs beside them at the medical banquets." Doctors' self-imposed silence has prompted two states-Massachusetts and Nevada-to permit...