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...changes do not necessarily portend a runaway gush of liberal legislation. Speaker Albert has so far not shown any dynamic leadership for pushing such bills or for taking full advantage of his potential power. Senior and more conservative Democrats still have practical influence as chairmen of many committees. Yet the changes, coupled with an increasingly liberal Senate, suggest that Congress will sharply challenge President Ford's view of desirable legislation. Even without the caucus reforms, Congress has already overridden four Ford vetoes-only one less than throughout the 5% Nixon years...
Surgery, Dr. John C. Lungren explained, creates "raw surfaces" along the the incision lines-points where postoperative bleeding can occur. They can contribute to what Lungren called a "generalized ooze" that does not gush blood and often cannot be detected until changes in pulse and blood pressure signal trouble...
...such a gush of purple journalism hell-bent on convincing us that the heirs of Mack Sennett, Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin are a few MTM situation comedies...
Among the notable effects of the energy shortage is a radical change in oil-company advertising. Surprising as it may appear to readers and TV viewers who see a sudden gush of oil ads, few major oil firms have increased their advertising much, and many have cut back. But the ads that do run are not aimed at selling gasoline; they tend to be institutional ads that seek to explain the energy crisis and the companies' high profits. Says Paul Haynie, a Needham, Harper & Steers executive who handles advertising for Atlantic Richfield: "It didn't make sense...
Meanwhile, as economists wistfully looked to the future and predicted that all would be rosy when Britain's North Sea oil fields gush in, Gordon Richardson, recently named governor of the Bank of England, warned that the country still faces "years of relative austerity." Reason: Britain had been living beyond its means and importing too much under Heath's failed gamble for growth. As it happened, that was just what Harold Wilson was saying. Sharpening up his campaign strategy, the Labor leader charged that it was not the miners who had brought on the crisis but the government...