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...session ended with McCarthy deciding he did not have time to deliver his "handmaiden" speech. The Wisconsin Senator's decision pointed up the fact that he was not really trying to impress the Senate, but to grab the headlines and stir dissension. Leaving the Senate floor that afternoon, McCarthy Lawyer Edward Williams was asked by a newsman: "Ed, your boy sure isn't trying to win friends and influence people, is he?" Replied Williams, wearily: "That's one book Joe didn't write...
...slipped on his rented tails, feeling a little ridiculous, and off he went to pick up his date. Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera (they said) was just about the most exciting occasion of the New York season and should therefore prove (he hoped) the most effective way to impress a girl. The investment of $60 for a pair of tickets was considerable (particularly since the show was on theater TV in Brooklyn, and dozens of other places, at $3 a seat). But this was a very special kind of girl, who knew her music. In the jogging taxi...
Referee's Elbow. For a couple of minutes in the last round, the Kid came to life. But it was too late to impress the judges. Later, in his dressing room, Gavilan really turned it on. He bawled, bellowed for justice and retired from the ring in rapid succession. To hear the Kid tell it, Referee Pete Pantaleo massaged him in the clinches with a bony elbow; Blinky Palermo polished him off just by being there. "I give boxing back to Philadelphia," wailed...
...those 265 acres in Jamaica Plain. The Association sees only the collapse of an identifiable unit, the disappearance of a unique institution among the folds of the Harvard empire. It is on his point that the question of whom is benefit ted seems to turn. And the petitioners must impress the court with their view, for without it, they cannot even begin to make out a case of improper motive against the Corporation...
...term billing system is further objectionable because it allows students to masquerade as philanthropists, while unsuspecting parents pay the bills. This is a good way to satisfy solicitors without giving them cash, to impress them with one's generosity, and to forget the obligation completely. According to the plan which the Combined Charities committee is presently advocating, these careless pledges would be charged on term bills as "Coupon books," used ordinarily to buy extra meals. Certainly, a plan which in the past has foisted student generosity on parents is bad enough, without further disguising donations as midnight snacks...