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...Frontier is fond of blaming the Republicans for the 88th's balkiness. And it is true that the Republicans in Congress, especially in the House, have displayed rare unity this year in opposing the President. Of the 178 Republicans in the House, only one went along with Kennedy's latest request for an increase in the debt ceiling, and only one voted for the Administration feed-grains bill...
...power in 1932 and has been in office almost continually ever since. At 32, Lemass was the youngest member of De Valera's Cabinet and earned the affectionate Biblical sobriquet "Benjamin" (after Jacob's youngest son). Though Dev had taught mathematics-and is fervently believed by many fond compatriots to be one of the 13 men on earth who comprehend the theory of relativity-the Taoiseach had neither head nor heart for economics, and left Benjamin to run his ministry...
...other five were all in the South: Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. In none of these states is wheat nearly as important as cotton and tobacco. Both of these crops have long operated under high-support, strict-control programs, and Southern farmers have become so fond of the supports they will accept almost all controls...
...Press helped make him mayor of Cleveland and Governor of the state, and Seltzer can also claim much of the credit for Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Anthony Celebrezze's successful run for mayor as an insurgent in 1953. For all that. "Mr. Cleveland." as Seltzer is fond of being called, is not sitting back. The poststrike Press sported a clutch of new columnists, a redesigned woman's page and more sports coverage...
Beating by Scripture. The "fatal poison of irresponsible power" made brutes of most slaveholders, writes Douglass. Even in the border state of Maryland, where Douglass lived, slaves were regularly flogged by masters who were fond of paraphrasing Scripture. "He that knoweth his master's will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." Douglass knew of a white overseer who shot down a slave for refusing to obey. He tells of a 15-year-old girl who was beaten to death for letting a white baby cry. The slaves were helpless, since their testimony was not accepted...