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Crowded House. New Hampshire has long since come to expect such serious efforts in its primaries. The state itself takes its politics in dead earnest. Though it is 45th among the states in population (606,921), its 400-member house of representatives is the fourth-largest in the English-speaking world (after Britain's Upper and Lower Chambers and the U.S. House), giving a remarkable number of people a crack at active roles in politics. In a sense, the house perpetuates the New England town meeting, and in that sort of atmosphere even the most attractive candidates are hard...
Even though they can expect precious little support from the leaders of organized labor, Republican politicians remain generally reluctant to take on the union bosses in direct conflict. Last week Pennsylvania's Governor William
...Many a disappointed sports fan said so, for many a reason-perhaps none more strongly than the editorial writer for the New York Herald Tribune, who all but accused this country's athletes of being soft: "Even without forcing processes, rigid state discipline and special incentives, one would expect a better showing. It would seem that the late President Kennedy had a strong point in his alarm over the level of physical fitness among the youth of America...
Halfway through the film, he meets Liz--the penultimate vision of Lime--that imaginary 'Cliffie you half-expect to encounter un-accompanied in the early-morning Bick. Frankly, alluringly, incredibly, she offers herself to Billy. She, too, has cherished a fantasy nether world; this is their greatest bond. They plan to flee to London, and live together in bohemian impetuousness...
Crimson tennis coach Jack Barnaby said yesterday that he did not expect the three indoor clay courts to be ready before June. Since four of the University's ten clay courts were torn up to make room for the new building, this leaves the tennis team only six courts to practice...