Word: melvin
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...Democrats' "destructive centralism," urges Republicans to begin "revitalizing state and local governments," but so far has had little to say on most national and international issues. Though he was expected to win a third term, few experts anticipated the extent of his victory. Before the election, Wisconsin's Melvin Laird, chairman of the House Republican Conference, observed cagily that to become a serious presidential contender, Romney would not only have to win reelection by a heavy margin but would also have to carry G.O.P. Senator Robert Griffin and a couple of doubtful Congressmen in with...
...Married. Melvin Belli, 59, California lawyer best known for his pyrotechnics in prosecuting negligence suits until he leaped to the defense of Jack Ruby in 1964; and Patricia Montandon, 34, San Francisco model; he for the fourth time, she for the third; in Jozankei, a hot-springs resort in northern Japan, where, dressed in kimonos, they went through a Shinto ceremony...
With some justification, the report-presented at a press conference by G.O.P. House Leaders Gerald Ford, Melvin Laird, Les Arends, John Rhodes and Charles Goodell-also charges that the ever-deepening U.S. involvement has been accompanied by obfuscation, miscalculation, even "studied deception." However, the Republican dawks could not convincingly square their criticism of U.S. war policy with their insistence that they still support the war. Moreover, in blaming Johnson for U.S. involvement, they glossed over commitments made by his predecessors, including President Eisenhower, and pointedly neglected to mention Congress' 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution, in which Republicans and Democrats...
...Encounter [Sept. 2] without mentioning either of the cofounders, Irving Kristol and Stephen Spender. Mr. Spender has played a unique part in the literary life of our time. Horizon and Encounter, both of which he edited (the first with Cyril Connolly, the second with Irving Kristol and, after him, Melvin Lasky), have published much of the most interesting criticism and original writing in the last 30 years. The achievements and international standing of Encounter are scarcely conceivable without the influence of Stephen Spender's personal and literary authority...
...articles on all subjects, book reviews, theater and film critiques, short stories and new poetry from the likes of Robert Lowell and W. H. Auden (who appears in the current issue). Article contributors are usually paid ?100 ($280), though "intellectual birds of paradise" such as Trevor-Roper, says Editor Melvin Lasky, get ?200. The rate has held steady from the beginning, despite the magazine's increasing success. The first issue had 80 pages and a 10,000 press run; today there are 96 pages and circulation is up to 40,000, one-quarter of which...