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...took the beating he had expected, and he was a graceful loser. In his concession speech to weeping admirers in Springfield, Ill., he said in a somewhat halting way: "Someone asked me, as I came in, how I felt, and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell-Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh...
...official policy of Harold Wilson's government. And few really wanted to muzzle the royal consort. "Over a period of years, he has succeeded in being pungent, constructive, and to the point on an exceptionally wide range of topics," commented the London Times. "The nation would be the loser if any serious attempt were made to impose some constitutional silence upon the Duke...
...turgid melodrama has little else to recommend it. Made in Italy in 1962 by Director Joseph Losey (The Servant), Eva describes how a malicious, luxury-class harlot (Moreau) coolly destroys a famous Welsh author (Stanley Baker) who never amounted to much in the first place. The man is a loser whose reputation rests on a novel he stole from his dead brother. By the time the woman finishes with him, his exquisite wife (Virna Lisi) has committed suicide and the writer is reduced to loud talk and low estate as a Venetian tourist guide...
...biggest loser stands to be American Express. Though the question of how much responsibility it has for the debts of its subsidiary is open to legal dispute, President Howard L. Clark bravely declared that the company is "morally bound to do everything it can." Claims against Amexco, filed by 43 companies, total more than $100 million. But the claimants have been squabbling among themselves over who should get how much. Lately a group of them called for a package settlement of $80 million-$60 million from Amexco and $20 million from the insurance companies covering it against fraud (American Express...
Harvard and Yale have identical 1-4 records in League play this year and are currently tied wth Cornell for fifth place. Whoever loses here tomorrow will end up in the cellar with Cornell, a sure loser against Princeton next weekend...