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This time the quarrel was between a portion of Argentina's factious military, who control the government, and the hapless civilians who serve them. In an angry, 2,500-word memo to his colleagues in the armed forces. General Enrique Rauch, who took over last month as Interior Minister, attacked the whole shaky structure of Argentina's government, from the ministries on down. In Rauch's view, the handling of economic policy was inept, numerous shysters from the Frondizi regime still infested top ranks of government, public opinion was misinformed, and scores of "economic criminals" were conspiring...
...these that the silent battles of sullen prejudice are fought. Another favorite prejudice which continues to cause endless bickering in church circles centers around the office of bishop. Most Protestants in America are fully persuaded that a bishop lives in a rich castle and exercises autocratic rule over the hapless serfs who are mere members of the church." It would be most disastrous for the cause of disunity "if it were widely known that bishops in some churches have modest incomes, are limited by constitutional checks, and really devote themselves to their pastoral duties. Nor should people be allowed...
...hapless commuter would want to bump to work on the wheezing New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad defies reason. Dusty seats, dirty floors, sooty windows, one toilet, no towels, no drinking water-that is what he gets. But 200 oldtime commuters (average age: 55) who prefer such rigors to taking buses or their own cars ride the 36-mile commuter run from New Jersey's bedroom suburbs to North Bergen, where buses hook up with Manhattan. Last year the line collected $47,289 in revenues from passengers-and lost $200,000 on them. Former owners did everything to shoo...
...National Committee Chairman John Bailey and Larry O'Brien, chief of the White House liaison staff with Capitol Hill. Bobby's critics are still sore because he intervened in last year's gubernatorial election in New York, foisted upon the party U.S. Attorney Robert Morgenthau, a hapless candidate who endangered the chances of several Democratic candidates for Congress. Bobby denies that he did any such thing, places the blame for Morgenthau's selection on New York City's Mayor Robert Wagner. But the critics insist that Bobby telephoned Bronx Democratic Boss Charles Buckley, enlisted...
...fight McKinney" meeting bogs down in bickering about whether or not a mole has been gnawing at croquet court number three, and the whole argument becomes entirely academic when a pair of McKinney's bulldozers crash onto the court in the middle of the annual tournament. A hapless adulterer, surprised by strolling teen-agers as he waits for an assignation on the beach at night, has to take to the sea fully clothed. " 'Water's great; he croaked, trying to sound carefree. His necktie was floating in front of his chin...