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Two new regulations strike deep at arcane devices dear to the Senate parliamentarians. Many members often feign forgetfulness about whether they voted aye or nay and interrupt roll calls to ask whether their vote has been recorded and how they voted. This is a time-spinning maneuver, enabling habitual latecomers...
"YOUR President--and we want to keep in mind that he's the only one you've got--is happy to report that the Communists failed to capture the American embassy in Saigon. Armed with the knowledge gained from the Pueblo maneuver, our officials managed to blow up the embassy...
Soviet behavior at sea is becoming increasingly cocky. From the Mediterranean to the Sea of Japan, Soviet destroyers and trawlers boldly maneuver into the midst of formations of U.S. ships. Frequently, the intruders suddenly cut across the bow of an American ship to test the skill and technique of the...
The ship-clearing operation had begun smoothly enough. For two days Israeli soldiers idly watched from the east bank while Egyptian tugs probed south of the midway port of Ismailia to chart an exit channel past sunken obstacles (scuttled ships, downed jets). Then, breaking a tacit understanding with Israel that...
At week's end the pace was no faster. The Senate settled down for perhaps weeks of delay while Southerners maneuver against a relatively minor bill to improve enforcement of civil rights statutes; the bill would make it a federal offense to prevent the exercise of certain rights, such...