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...Judge Smith is not always so obstructive, and even his methods pall before those of some previous Rules chairmen, e.g., Illinois' Adolph Sabath, who used to feign fainting fits to get hearings adjourned. On the vast majority of bills Smith works closely with Rayburn or McCormack in speeding the legislative process...
...period. First comes a secret consistory at which the Pope recites to the old cardinals the names of those he proposes to elevate. The cardinals nod their assent. Immediately, messengers fan out to deliver the biglietto-the letter informing each cardinal-elect of his elevation (tradition demands that he feign surprise on receiving the letter). Two days later the new cardinals join the Pope at an "intimate" consistory, during which he hands each one the scarlet biretta. Then comes a public consistory, at which old and new cardinals mingle and the Pope presents the galero-the round, flat...
...years after Stalin's death, at a scientific summit conference in Geneva in 1955, that Westerners first realized that a great change had come over their Soviet colleagues. At previous conferences, the Russians spoke only Russian, kept to themselves, and if asked a specific question, were apt to feign ignorance. But at Geneva, they were magpie-ready to talk. Aerodynamic Expert Gunther Bock, one of the German scientists taken to Russia after the war, went home to report that "in branches of science where Marxism-Leninism is not directly applicable, there is no feeling of oppression. I could discuss...
...convinced that Jordan's only way to survive as a kingdom was to qualify for U.S. Eisenhower Plan aid, the young King wrote a blunt letter to Premier Nabulsi: "We now detect the danger of Communist infiltration in our Arab homeland, and the threat posed by those who feign loyalty to Arab nationalism, indulge in hullabaloo, prevarications, falsehood and heroics, thereby seeking to conceal their evil designs against Arab nationalism and the fact that they cooperate with our enemies in misleading the masses and exploiting the people." He demanded that Nabulsi purge his Cabinet of its three most notorious...
...space in the desert which has little reason for nationhood, the noisily Nationalist government has been losing steam. Young (21) King Hussein a fortnight ago wrote Premier Suleiman Nabulsi bluntly: "We now detect the danger of Communist infiltration in our Arab homeland, and the threat posed by those who feign loyalty to Arab nationalism, indulge in hullabaloo, prevarications, falsehood and heroics, thereby seeking to conceal their evil designs against Arab nationalism and the fact that they cooperate with our enemies in misleading the masses and exploiting the people...