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Arthur Krock, LL.D., retired New York Times columnist. A scholarly chronicler of scheming statesmen and listless legislators, a dignified recorder of democratic dreams...
...begun to fear that the dream that created and fired their state might be beginning to fade. Their country faced severe economic problems. Many who had settled it were now abandoning it. Morale among much of the populace was low. For a 19-year-old, Israel suddenly seemed listless, tired and dispirited. The crisis changed all that: suddenly the dream was very much alive again. The Jewish people once more reacted with vigor to the problem that has always faced it: the struggle for survival...
...years, or something like that."* In the face of the threat, fish producers, canners and distributors have begun to fight back. Except for such giants as the Ralston Purina Co. (Chicken of the Sea and White Star canned tuna) and HJ. Heinz Co. (Star Kist), the industry has been listless in promoting fish, slow in keeping up with innovations in packaging and convenience foods. Warns New York Fishery Council Director John Von Glahn: "The industry will do a better job of marketing and put a better product in the hands of consumers, or go out of business...
Lisa Baker, November's Playmate and the official hostess of the show, was some improvement over the folk singer. Dressed, she drew a listless crowd who sheepishly accepted autographed photos of her face. Most of the men looked like they'd rather get their kicks from the cars; witness this quick exchange between two who passed the Bunny...
...only took a little more than seven minutes last night for Cassius Clay to dispose of Cleveland "Big Cat" Williams by a technical knockout at the Astrodome in Houston. Clay floored the listless 33-year-old challenger four times before the referee stopped the fight after 1:08 of the third round...