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...wore on, the filibusterers began to hint that they had had their fun and would fold up their cots this week. Gore, looking fresh as ever, admitted that his fight "is now one of hopeless odds." Toward evening Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson, who had been conspicuously silent, proposed that all agree to a limitation of debate. Characteristically, Morse objected. Nevertheless, with Johnson telling his Democrats that it was time to show some sense of responsibility, the filibustered were not likely to hold out much longer. Bill Knowland, clearly frazzled but somewhat encouraged, decided to let the Senators take Sunday...
...Hard Way. Rosen's old-pro versatility has not come easy. As a prewar bush-leaguer he seemed so hopeless in the field that a Class C manager took one scornful look and said, "Listen, kid, you'd better go home and get yourself a lunch pail. Forget about baseball. You either have it or you don't. You don't." Al ignored the advice...
...were inherited by Hancock's successor. Treasurer Storer's faith and foresight led him to buy Continental Loan Certificates during these years of incredible inflation, and the Harvard history books single him out as one of the University's greatest heroes. Whether or not he saved the school from "hopeless bankruptcy," Storer's feat of raising the College's personal estate from $55,000 in 1777 to $182,000 some 16 years later was truly remarkable...
Dulles could point out that at his press conference he had gone on to explain that he was neither resigned to the fall of Indo-China nor ready to give up its defense, but was merely pointing out that its loss would not make the Asian situation "hopeless." By the time these qualifications were uttered, however, some reporters already were running for the telephones. Later statements by Dulles, and even by President Eisenhower (see below), could not repair all the damage...
...Castries was on the air again: "The central redoubt is about to be fully overrun. Further resistance is becoming hopeless." At 1700, De Castries made another call to his commander, General René Cogny, in Hanoi...