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...quite clear," said Nixon, "that no President in history has been more vilified or was more vilified during the time he was President than Lincoln ... Lincoln had that great strength of character never to display [hurt], always to stand tall and strong and firm no matter how harsh or unfair the criticism might...
...smiled faintly and bowed over her hand. As police held a swarm of newsmen at bay, the traveler got into a Mercedes-Benz limousine that whisked him to the tiny village of Langenbroich, 100 miles away. Arriving at his host's small farmhouse, he was welcomed in the harsh glare of TV floodlights. He slipped past the crowd of reporters, photographers, local police, neighbors and gawkers. "I was in prison just this morning," he said...
According to figures compiled by the Magazine Publishers Association, the new rate immediately boosts the average cost of mailing each copy of a magazine by six-tenths of a cent. That amount may seem modest, but it is not, when weighed against the harsh fact that the average profit now earned on each copy of a U.S. magazine is only eight-tenths of a cent. And the bulk of the increase is yet to take its toll...
Stymied by the Postal Service and harsh economics, publishers continue to seek help in Congress. But despite criticism of the second-class increases by such remarkable allies as Edward Kennedy and Barry Gold water, Congress has been reluctant to intercede in matters it delegated to the new Postal Service in 1970. Many Congressmen remain unmoved by the magazines' plight. A House bill drafted by Representative James Hanley that did not reduce but merely stretched out the phased increases from five to ten years died last summer. The Senate Post Office Committee will soon vote on a similar bill, authored...
...Petaluma ordinance, they argued, limited the constitutionally guaranteed freedom to travel. They also contended that a fence-them-out approach would put an "undue burden" on interstate commerce, specifically the commerce of producing housing. Moreover, the rule would force housing prices up, imposing a harsh penalty on families of modest means and violating their right to equal protection under...