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...every member of the Senate was present to vote-and the roll call was a stunning rebuke to the Administration. The count against the discharge petition was 58-42. Among the naysayers were 26 Democrats, including several from Northern states. The next day the House administered the coup de grâce, overwhelming the Department of Urban Affairs, 264-150. Among the in Democrats who voted for rejection were 18 from the North, Midwest and West...
...Cass has a curiously susceptible lady psychiatrist); the style is full of mannerisms and cultural snobberies, e.g., people are not openmouthed but bouche-bée. And how is the reader to care about a heroine who says, "Just give me the coup de grace and then have the gráce to leave graciously...
...hunters opened fire. The few Belchen that tried to escape were blasted out of the sky or cut down before they could finish their flailing, loonlike takeoff. The rest of the birds were slaughtered where they sat. Boat oars were used to administer the coup de grâce. Explained one hunter: "If we waited for them to get into the air, we could wait all day. They won't fly unless they absolutely have to." At least 600 Belchen were bagged within the two-hour legal hunting limit, but a few bloodthirsty hunters were still dissatisfied. Groused...
...sort that stole Goya's Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London (TIME, Sept. 1). With the help of a dumb broad (Rita Hay worth) and a clever painterfeiter (Joseph Wiseman), Rex artnaps a Velásquez from a castle in Spain. But a sinister grandee (Grégoire Aslan) steals it back, and before long bodies are dropping almost as fast as bum mots ("I want so much to be a first-class crook for you, darling"). Rita, 42 when this picture was made, and Rex, 53, are both old enough to know better...