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...jam did develop for latecomers at the first turn. Native Dancer was bumped by a swerving horse. Jockey Guerin eased him back, looking for racing room, then took him around the rest of the turn on the outside. At the half-mile mark...
...Francisco, the pier was jam-packed with welcomers, including a Japanese-American Boy Scout band, two lines of Japanese-American girls dressed in kimonos and carrying paper flags, a Hawaiian merchant trying to push his way up the gangplank with four imperial Stetsons for the Crown Prince and his party, and California's Governor Earl Warren. Akihito waved to them all from the bridge. He shook hands with the governor, read another statement in Japanese ("I shall never forget the magnificent sight of the Golden Gate Bridge, the tranquillity of San Francisco Bay, and the beauty of the city...
...this added up to a serious legislative log jam for the weeks ahead. Republican leaders were freely admitting that all hope for adjourning by July 4, the original target, was gone. Congress will be in session until at least the end of July...
...imports from EPU nations exceeded its exports by $67 million. France is in direr straits and $625 million in debt to EPU; there is strong talk of a new devaluation of the franc. Rome and Paris had both threatened to tighten import regulations to get themselves out of their jam. By making it easier for them to earn sterling, Butler may induce them to change their minds...
Theory 3: "Always apportion the jam equitably." Very, very good. The committees obviously cannot send two Boston teams, or even two teams from the East Coast. Tie the inlanders into college hockey, and keep them happy, too, all over Troy...