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Those visions are all nourished out of a brown folder and a stack of papers that are always at Lyndon's elbow. The contents: polls, polls and more polls...
...announce, "I love you." On a warm Washington evening, the two may saunter out of the White House, head for the grassy darkness beneath a giant tree. There Lady Bird may lie down with her arms stretched over her head. Lyndon may sprawl beside her, propped up on his elbow so that he can look into her face, and they talk quietly...
Injuries have hurt, of course. Roseboro will be out of action for a week, and Pitcher Johnny Podres has been idle since May because of a bone chip in his elbow. Outfielder Tommy Davis was hampered early in the season by a shoulder injury-but that scarcely explains how a man who led the National League in batting for two years in a row can be hitting .272 now. Moans Dodger Coach Pete Reiser: "There were at least nine ball games we would have won if Davis could just have hit a long...
...statesman of Burke's stature would be so unchivalrous as to lump economists in such questionable company-or so unwise as to be without an economist at his elbow. In the palaces and Parliaments of a hundred countries, economists are increasingly called upon to build, revive or draw together national economies. Their home is no longer the ivory tower, and their profession is no longer the "gloomy science" but a romantic and rewarding wielding of power. Lively activists, they range the world in pursuit of the universal goal of economic growth...
...move gets detailed attention. The simple act of getting set for a shot turns Tommy Armour into a veritable encyclopedia. "As you address the ball," he said in one offering, "wiggle your toes." Another day, he had another approach. "As you address the ball be sure that your left elbow is straight and your right elbow is a bit bent and close to your body, a little bit forward of in line with your right knee." Sam Snead's approach is anatomical, right down to the X rays: "Imagine that your backbone is visible." Chances are most golfers...