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...reason for the fuss this year is the possibility, exaggerated though it may be, that George Corley Wallace and his "spoiler" third party could conceivably capitalize on the proportional mathematics of the College and deny victory to either major-party candidate. Wallace would thus deadlock the results of the Nov. 5 voting, and -with just two weeks remaining before Inauguration Day -could throw the election into the House of Representatives. Political Scientist James MacGregor Burns says of the U.S. electoral process: "It's a game of Russian roulette, and one of these days we are going to blow...
...entirely different tone. Besides talking wildly of the Communist menace, he argued against "appeasement of militant minorities in the ghettos." Entering the Fortas controversy for the first time, he took the remarkable line that Earl Warren, "a very competent Chief Justice," was responsible for the whole fuss. By retiring "precipitately," Agnew said, Warren had put the G.O.P. on the spot, since Republican Senators had to vote on his successor...
...would be watching TV. But the dissidents raised a tremendous ruckus. "Let's go home, let's go home!" they roared. Convention Chairman Carl Albert seemed at a loss. Finally, Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley drew a finger across his throat and Albert got the message. He cut the fuss off by adjourning the meeting...
After drawing Dick Tracy for 37 years, Creator Chester Gould, 67, doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. "How do you think we defeated Hitler," he scoffs, "if it wasn't with violence? This is a war we're in, a battle against crime. We have to resort to violence to protect ourselves against evil." As if to underscore his point, Tracy continued merrily on his violent way. Having vaporized Intro in the Caribbean, he is asked by a late arrival where the enemy is. As the fumes rise from the placid waters, Tracy replies...
Generally, however, a committee's recommendations are accepted with out much fuss, unless there are physical (i.e., financial) limitations present. Recommendations get by easily for the same reason committees exist--most Faculty members do not feel competent to dispute proposals by colleagues who have devoted time and effort to them...