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Because of the position of these two groups--the intolerance of the first and the reluctance of the second--and, more important, because of the apathy of most citizens, the Massachusetts Blue Laws remain the lever by which the social and religious dogma...
...plan is running into opposition. For a variety of reasons-old Latin fears of Yankee Big Stick intervention, concern over pro-Castro elements at home, an obvious but unconfessed desire to use the example of Cuba as a lever to pry more aid out of Washington-the big ABC powers (Argentina, Brazil and Chile), as well as Ecuador and Mexico, oppose any OAS moves against Castro...
...year basis, without having to return to Congress with a begging bowl each year. Kennedy's proposal made sense in the need to be able to match Khrushchev in long-term commitments to needy nations. But Congressmen do not lightly surrender the power of the purse as a lever on the Executive. Harry Byrd, dean of Senate conservatives and as accurate a vote counter as exists on Capitol Hill, was pretty sure that his amendment would not pass. But he hoped for a moral victory that would encourage the foes of the five-year proposal when it came...
...Garden, which will be jointly owned by Graham-Paige (75%) and the Pennsylvania Railroad (25%), will hopefully be ready when the 1964 New York World's Fair opens. Designed by Los Angeles Architect Charles Luckman, onetime (1946-50) boy-wonder boss of Lever Bros. Co., the nine-acre complex will include a 25,000-seat main sports arena, a 4,000-seat auxiliary arena, a 28-story luxury hotel, a 34-story office building, and parking facilities for 3,000 cars. Only the sub-street-level waiting room and the train concourse will be kept of the old Penn...
...friend in the Arab world and damaged France's standing throughout Africa. Bourguiba's standing with the West was founded on his hard-held contention that cooperation got more than bristling hostility. With his truculence last week, Bourguiba scuttled Bourguibaism. If, as a result, he managed to lever the French out of Bizerte, every rising nationalist would be encouraged to believe that defiance achieved more than the moderation Bourguiba once stood for. Either way. the West would never look at him with the same confidence again...