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...state and national levels, and the League exercised its influence to the fullest. The League had the car of Theodore Roosevelt, who adopted much of its platform as his own. But its final triumph did not come until the 1920's, when a series of laws clamped a lid on immigration, leaving it open mainly to people of "Teutonic" stock, in keeping with the League's eugenic principles. Partly as a result of the League's activities, millions of refugees from Hitler's Germany were turned away from this country. The legacy of hatred left by the League...
...folks know everything she's got. What Sally's got is nicely displayed by some horseplay in the new movie, which she describes as a modern-day version of Bonnie and Clyde. "I have to be a loose woman, a trampy Texas lady," explains Sally. "Put a lid on it," Archie must be grousing...
...those 45 to 64. Industrial psychologists are sure that it is these young workers who have caused the U.S. auto industry's absenteeism rate to climb. At Ford, the rate rose from 2.8% in 1960 to 5.3% in 1970. And it is largely absenteeism that has put a lid on Detroit's ability to build cars faster. Productivity per man-hour in the U.S. auto industry increased an average of only 3.6% annually from...
...LIMITATION. Last August a bill was passed by the Senate, 88-2, putting a lid on campaign spending of 100 for every eligible voter in the area where the candidate is running. Of this, no more than 60 per voter could be spent on TV and radio advertising. In the presidential election, such a limitation would mean that a candidate could not spend more than $8.4 million for broadcasting; Richard Nixon paid $12.6 million in 1968. Since that Senate bill came under the jurisdiction of two House committees, Administration and Commerce, each reported out its own version. They weakened some...
When Kennedy blew the lid off the Cuban affair, Khrushchev had to scramble out backwards. The German question was never resolved. For once, America had been firm: but whereas in the past, firmness would have produced material rewards, in 1962 the U.S. pushed the world to the brink of the apocalypse and came out with little to show for it. If Ulam is right, and the Russians were after a treaty, we might all be better off had the ploy worked. The only beneficiary was Kennedy's prestige, and an assassin's bullet the following year made that gain negligible...