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...show any of the leftist economic notions or excessive Catholic zeal that have toppled his governments in the past. A major clause in the coalition agreement negotiated by Fanfani provides that if any one of the minority parties withdraws its support, the government will resign whether it can muster a parliamentary majority or not. Thus though the atmosphere is, as Turin's La Stampa editorialized, "one of relief and even euphoria" because the Communists have been shoved back into isolation, the birth certificate of Fanfani's new government practically has the cause of its death written into...
...Herblock. His cartoons are no fast-swept, brutal assaults. Conrad combines meticulous attention to detail with the powerful punch of simplicity. Hours of painstaking research go into a Conrad cartoon, with the result that a Conrad locomotive, for example, really looks like a locomotive-and could pass the technical muster of any engineer. A Conrad cartoon is readily digested at a glance. That glance, he feels certain, is all the reader will give it: "I figure eight seconds is the absolute maximum time anyone should have." Talking balloons almost never drift above the heads of his characters, who are generally...
...House Minority Leader Charles A. Halleck denounced the House's $251 million depressed-areas bill as "political payola," and its housing bill as "a billion dollars' worth of baloneyola." Neither bill "can become law," said Halleck, "because if we can't beat them, we certainly can muster enough votes to sustain a veto...
...filing deadline this week for county attorney, state senator and seven legislative seats, Bill Robins, 52, chairman of the Republican candidates committee for Oklahoma County, had no candidates. That was hardly unusual. Heavily outnumbered (by an estimated 5 to 1) Oklahoma City Republicans usually save what strength they can muster for statewide elections. But Investment Salesman Robins put his faith in the power of advertising, paid for the Oklahoman ad ($50.40) out of his own pocket. At week's end, he was elated. Seven "patriots" had called, were weighing an uphill race for party and community...
...easing tension this way. She hit upon it naturally. Some subjects never learn it.) But no matter how hard she strained her right forearm's flexor muscle, the chain began to reel out link by link, letting the weight down. Dr. Hellebrandt, in the harshest voice she could muster, snapped: "Hang on to it!" Marilyn's face was contorted in what is officially recognized as the "agony phase." She could only gasp, "I can't," and let the weight drop...