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...Marathon Meeting. The newest crisis grew out of three issues: 1) the seizure by leftist printers of the Socialist newspaper República, which reopened briefly last week only to be closed again; 2) a takeover by workers of Rádio Renascença, the official station of the Roman Catholic Church, which led to violence between Catholic and anticlerical demonstrators; 3) a bid by the Socialists to turn the new Constituent Assembly into a more formal parliament; that move was opposed by the Communists because their representation, based on their 12.5% showing in April's elections, would...
Presidential primary campaigns have long been something of a marathon poker game. How many chips does a candidate bet on a given state? Which elections does he pass because his cards look bad? But as the 1976 primary season approaches, the candidates are more uncertain and confused than ever. Last year's campaign-funding reforms vastly changed the rules of the game. The fat cats have been dealt out. The pot is now limited. Yet some time before the first primary is held next winter, the U.S. Supreme Court could break out an entirely new and unfamiliar deck...
...adventures, which began in 1944, he was the cheerful, slightly bemused pipe-and-slippers family man, she the sweetly understanding helpmate steering nun through suburbia's little traumas. Sons David and Ricky joined the show in 1949, further boosting its popularity and helping to start the Nelsons' marathon...
...have no weaknesses, you can just sit back and enjoy it--you're golden." I waited for the rest of the theory--we were going to see some movie, I think, meeting some weird friend of his from New York who'd come to Boston to run in the Marathon, even though he was half crippled, or something...
During a month-long marathon, Hathaway was repeatedly grilled by the Senate Interior Committee. Even when he was finally approved last week in a 9-to-4 vote, questions lingered about whether he was the right...