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...speeches, Lodge threw up his hands and said "How do you expect me to give you any publicity?" Saltonstall also says he exercised one of the Speaker's prerogatives by standing up at the end of a particularly stormy session of the Legislature in 1935 and taking the gavel with...
Rosovsky at least brings a sense of humor to the meetings. While Fox officially calls his proposal "The Comprehensive Plan," and describes it as "responsible," "constructive" and the best for "the overall health of the system" in almost ponderous tones, Rosovsky sits jiggling his gavel. When asked whether Spence's list of suggested improvements can be implemented by next fall, Rosovsky answered by saying, "How long does it take to open a pizza shop?" When a student referred to an anti-Fox leaflet, Rosovsky, rather like a connoisseur of protest literature, asked cheerfully, "Is there a leaflet...
...opening of Wednesday's meeting, Rosovsky told the CHUL that he will not rush to decision on the housing system; that he has no particular time schedule. He will chair the Faculty's discussion of the housing system--on February 15, probably with the same gavel, Sherlock Holmes pipe and good humor that he employed at the CHUL meeting. The decisions are ultimately his. Making a prediction here would resemble nothing so much as a dancing upon an already cracking limb. But a brief word of advice: freshmen shouldn't plan on enjoying Canaday's generosity next year, nor should...
...Anderberg, 40, the gavel-pounding auctioneer and co-owner of Miller Livestock Sales Co. in Miller, S. Dak., business this summer has been altogether too good. Since June, Anderberg has sold nearly 5,000 head of cattle per week to packers, feed-lot owners and out-of-state cattlemen, almost five times the average during a normal summer. But business is not normal anywhere in South Dakota this summer. Parched by the worst drought in 42 years, the prairies are yellow and burnt, and at least half of the state's oats, wheat and barley cash crops have been...
That question most expensively troubles television. A mere 30% of the nation's sets were tuned to the Republicans on the first night of the convention, though this was a slight gain over the Democrats' 26%. Is gavel to gavel (even with all the interspersed commercials) worth it for NBC and its advertised "team of 550"? As competitive sports go, the Olympics far outdrew the conventions. Of course, networks have other motives. Conventions are their most conspicuous "public service"; they are also television's own Olympics, with their news departments' prestige at stake. Besides, there...