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...liberties would be everywhere in jeopardy. The committee tried to bring Eyre to trial for murder, but they could never get an indictment, even though the Lord Chief Justice declared that Eyre had broken the law. Eventually the committee gave up. John Stuart Mill, Eyre's most implacable foe, was defeated for re-election to Parliament...
...every statistical comparison but scoring, Harvard was clearly victorius over its highly-acclaimed foe. The Crimson advanced 133 yards on the ground and 113 is the air for 14 first downs. Massachusetts, held to but three yards rushing at halftime, eventually ended up with an insignificant 42 yards rushing and 41 through passing. The Redmen were awarded but four first downs...
Durant specifically denies himself absolute judgments. His gently rationalistic view of history holds that "there is some truth in every passion, something to be loved in every foe." But with typical diffidence, Durant pronounces the age of Louis a hopeful one. "The mood of Europe was changing from supernaturalism to secularism, from theology to science, from hopes of heaven and fears of hell to plans for the enlargement of knowledge...
There, the bill faces rough going. It will first be entrusted to Conservative Democrat Harry Byrd, chairman of the 17-member Finance Committee and a renowned foe of high Government spending. Byrd could easily stretch out hearings for two months, and further delays are possible if the Senate becomes embroiled in a civil rights filibuster. Finally, changes must be worked out in a House-Senate conference. Kennedy wants the first stage of the bill to go into effect by Jan. 1, 1964, assuring that the full impact of the tax cut would be felt in an election year...
...Communists has not diminished in recent weeks; in fact, it has intensified. Fears that the Buddhist controversy might damage morale among Vietnamese troops have so far been groundless. If last week's battles were any criterion, the government soldiers are fighting better than ever against a Communist foe that is exacting a hideous price in blood in the flooded paddies of the South...