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Either one of the Harrington Commission's 1962 proposals would provide fairly drawn districts. Perhaps the threat of further Federal Court action will goad the Governor and General Court into re-examining them...
Charged with attempted escape from Western Penitentiary, Convicts Richard Mayberry, Dominic Codispodi and Herbert Langnes set out to goad Judge Fiok into declaring a mistrial. They demanded the right to defend themselves; and once they got it, they proceeded to act like crazy lawyers and harass Judge Fiok all the more...
...seriousness. Gone is the breezy irreverence that the staff used to associate with "Miss P," who delighted in twitting Long Island's moneyed aristocracy and even her own advertisers. Advertisers are no more likely to push the Captain around, but neither is he likely to let his editors goad an advertiser into canceling a contract. Though he directs operations with imaginative skill, he is not especially at home in the newsroom, and keeps his distance from his shirtsleeve staff...
...existing that could not be substantially improved. "The automakers have voluntarily adopted many safety features, but they have not gone far enough," says National Safety Council Chief Pyle. When Detroit rolls out a truly crashproof car, it will make all other models obsolete and serve as the greatest goad to sales since Henry Ford's model T. It is eminently possible that the makers of the world's most joyous and necessary appliance will be able to slash the casualty rate by three-quarters-and that is well worth setting as a national goal...
...problems of high employment, high growth and high hopes. As the U.S. enters what shapes up as the sixth straight year of expansion, its economic strategists confess rather cheerily that they have just about reached the outer limits of economic knowledge. They have proved that they can prod, goad and inspire a rich and free nation to climb to nearly full employment and unprecedented prosperity. The job of maintaining expansion without inflation will require not only their present skills but new ones as well. Perhaps the U.S. needs another, more modern Keynes to grapple with the growing pains, a specialist...