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...over his canvases." Indeed, he is now ranked with Cezanne as one of the major precursors of 20th century painting. The problem is that his once scorned works are now so highly prized (a rare Manet at auction a year ago brought $450,000) that museums and collectors are loath to part with what have become their most precious possessions...
Fearful of the chairman's black-power demagoguery, committee members from cities with large Negro populations were loath to humiliate him. "We were all in a jam," admitted one rebel. Nonetheless, the panel that prepared the rules changes made only one concession to Powell: they agreed to his amendment giving the chairman control over hiring, firing and paying the staff, but obtained the right of the majority to veto his decisions...
...elected to the congressional seat once held by Presidents James Garfield and William McKinley. Despite his double negatives and other grammar gaps, he was re-elected 14 times, thereby earning enough seniority on the Appropriations Committee to become the House's undisputed Prince of Pork. Kirwan is never loath to combat a political foe by lidding his barrel. Four years ago, when Oregon's Senator Wayne Morse voted against a $10 million aquarium for the District of Columbia-a pet Kirwan project-Mike simply lopped four Oregon projects out of his pork bill. Morse eventually backed down. "Mike...
...that, many defense lawyers are loath to change the system-at least to the extent of fully disclosing their own evidence in exchange for the prosecutor's information. As things stand now, they point out, the defendant has quite a few constitutional advantages of his own: the burden of proof is on the prosecutor and the defendant cannot be compelled to say a word that might incriminate himself...
...While Herald circulation rose to 381,000, the News slipped to 119,000. But Herald Publisher John S. Knight, president of the Knight chain, did not want to buy the liberal-leaning News; and News Publisher James M. Cox Jr., whose six-paper chain includes the Atlanta Constitution, was loath to fold his Miami outlet...