Word: fightingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Mayor Walter J. Sullivan, who stayed out of the fight over DeGuglielmo, agreed with Hayes and Goldberg that Trodden--"one very able and capable attorney"--should not have been dismissed. Sullivan, however, later voted to retain Dunphy in office, thus confirming the dismissal of Trodden...
...House meanwhile marked time with procedural matters, awaiting the next round of the tax fight. Ways and Means Chairman Mills has consented to new hearings this week on the Administration's proposal for a surcharge, but the outlook for passage remains bleak. Even if Mills relents in his personal opposition to the measure, the sentiment in the House is now over whelmingly negative. Many in Congress believe that Johnson has been "cooking the books," as they say in the House of Commons, in order to make his spending and deficit forecasts seem smaller than they will actually turn...
Almost inevitably, the fault system results in wildly erratic settlements. Insurance companies are notorious for overpaying small "nuisance" claims because it would cost more to fight them than to settle. At the same time, the seriously injured victim with high economic losses is often unable to wait for his case to come to trial and is forced to settle for whatever the company offers. If he does gamble on going to court, he may lose the case and get nothing. On the other hand, if he wins he may hit the jackpot...
...late Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov, and thus the scion of an old Bolshevik family. "I am definitely not a revolutionary, but neither am I an organization man," he says. "I must do what my heart tells me." Still uncowed after his dismissal, Litvinov announced that he would fight to get his job back by appealing his case to the local trade-union council...
Most years, the high point of the college basketball season comes in March, when the nation's top two teams fight it out in the N.C.A.A. playoffs. This year, the big night came early. Last week, in Judge Roy Hofheinz's Houston Astrodome, 52,000 fans, the biggest crowd ever to watch a college basketball game, turned out to see U.C.L.A. take on the University of Houston in the best game of the season. When it began, U.C.L.A., undefeated in 47 straight games, ranked first in the nation; Houston, unbeaten in 17 straight, was second. At the final...