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...will of the people, is again filling its constitutional role as a check on the presidency, even though both are controlled by the same party. Indeed, this may be the brashest and most self-willed Congress since 1919, when the House and Senate broke Woodrow Wilson and defiantly kept the U.S. from joining the League of Nations...
Then came Kennedy's assassination, and Lyndon Johnson looked around for a running mate in 1964. Still the favorite of many liberals, Humphrey was the natural choice for a mistrusted Southerner with links to big oil. But Lyndon flirted with a variety of other possibles and kept Humphrey uncomfortably dangling until the convention was under way. Humphrey was not offended and grabbed the post when it was finally offered. "I weighed this decision not long but carefully," he said. "If there's one quality I do not have, it's reluctance...
...peace and war, kept J. Edgar comfy
...does not condemn a "search for identity" outright. He wishes to prevent its manipulation by the materialistic elements he sees as basic to American social structure. God, Cox declares: "liberates the oppressed by enabling them to liberate themselves...Anything else feeds the kind of millenial fantasies which have kept the poor in bondage for centuries...
Their identities will be kept secret until 48 hours before the Super Bowl kickoff. If they are lucky, no one will remember a single one of the six when the game is over. They are the game officials, part-timers, in real life accountants, schoolteachers, salesmen and executives, whose only claim to football fame can be infamy. This year's Super Bowl officiating crew will be operating in the unwelcome glare of a spotlight created by two highly debatable, and debated, calls made by their colleagues in two crucial games-most notably the A.F.C. title match. Both calls involved...