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...this is the best of all possible worlds. Chanting his faith, he and his tutor and his sweetheart Cunegonde are catapulted from one misfortune to the next, witnessing or enduring in 20 pages more crime, misery and calamity than exist in all Greek tragedy; in fact, Candide himself, "the mildest man in the world," is constantly killing people. At long last he is led from idealism to the commonsense of keeping strictly to his own concerns, of cultivating his garden...
...driving again with high-stepping precision. A pair of "scouting teams'' run opponents' plays at linemen, lashed by the snarling criticism of Assistant Coach Lou Agase, onetime All-Big Ten tackle from Illinois. "The Animal," the players call Agase, though off the field he is the mildest of men. End Coach Bob Devaney, a relatively soft-spoken taskmaster from Alma (Mich.) College, works patiently with backs practicing pass defense. Eyes flitting from side to side like a bingo player handling three cards, Halfback Red Kowalczyk backpedals frantically between two receivers, reaches up in time to knock down...
...Spend. Since he began his second full term less than two months ago, there has been scarcely a day when 60-year-old Earl Long hasn't been at it. He has vilified the mildest of opponents, ruthlessly axed holdover appointees from other administrations, defied legislative rules and traditions by roaming the floors of both houses at will. Long's goals, as many a despondent Louisianian sees them: 1) a tax-and-spend policy to dwarf the fondest dreams of the late Brother Huey, even at the risk of bankrupting the state, and 2) a campaign to tighten...
...trackless mountain jungles of Pahang, largest and wildest of the Malaya states, are the special preserve of Sir Abu Bakar Riayatudin Almuadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdullah, one of the largest and mildest of Sultans. A robust, paternal, fun-loving man who deplores violence and loves to dance and sing with his people, the Sultan of Pahang was shocked and hurt by the support his people gave the Communists when the Reds began guerrilla warfare in Malaya after World...
...loose-fitting categories, running the crisis gamut from a state of prevention ("when perturbation of public order is imminent") to out-and-out war. The various states of emergency can be declared by simple executive decree in all categories except war (which requires a congressional vote). Faced by the mildest disturbance, the President can dissolve political parties, order troops to fire on demonstrators, permit police to enter homes without warrants, force newspapers to accept censorship or shut down...