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...party politics was assassinated in California in June. Liberals control the party to a certain extent, but their factionalization prevents any power plays on a national level at this point. Two coalitions of McCarthy and Kennedy forces are under way. The McCarthyite Coalition for a Democratic Alternative will probably die with party senatorial candidate Paul O'Dwyer's defeat in November. Though still in its formative stages, the Coalition for the Politics of the People hopes to become an issue-oriented reformist coalition in a state which has seen too many reform movements and many abortive coalitions. Stephen Smith, Paul...
...practice to be with his troops in combat, rushed to the battle in his helicopter. As it flew across the battle area, Ware's helicopter suddenly caught fire and crashed, most likely brought down by enemy ground fire. At 52, Ware became the fourth U.S. general to die in combat in Viet Nam.* Three of his staff and the four helicopter crewmen died with...
...launch into their wail ing finale, My Generation ("I hope I die before I get old"), strange things do begin to happen. Clunk! Lead Singer Roger Daltrey flings the microphone to the floor, wheels around and begins flailing at the drums played by Keith Moon. Crack! Peter Townshend breaks his guitar against the stage, jumps on it, then splinters it against a speaker cabinet. Crash! John Entwistle heaves his bass away and joins the others in a savage orgy of kicking and pushing at the loudspeakers, the drums and the mike stand...
...conference had been a grand success. They proposed to meet again in Paris in 1971 to celebrate the centenary of the Paris Commune. In hopes for better days ahead, of course. "When capitalism crumbles, Communism crumbles with it," mused Maurice Joyeux, the official French delegate. "The two will die at each other's throats. But we, the anarchists, shall live to see a brighter...
...DIEHARD: Taken from the nickname of the Middlesex Regiment, the 57th Foot, acquired at the Battle of La Albuera in 1811, when the badly wounded commander exhorted his troops: "Die hard, men, die hard!" The term was later applied to a recalcitrant faction in the House of Lords...