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...speaking of Churchill to the House, after a slight nod to the empty seat of the Member for Woodford, Prime Minister Harold Wilson suddenly seemed touched with the Churchillian magic. "Where the fighting was hottest, he was in it," Wilson recalled, "sparing none, nor asking for quarter. The creature and possession of no one party, he has probably been the target of more concentrated parliamentary invective from, in turn, each of the major parties than any other member of any parliamentary age, and against each in turn he turned the full force of his own parliamentary oratory." Churchill, said Wilson...
...carnation on Johnson's lapel. Leaving the Michigan booth, Lyndon called to Republican George Romney, "Pick up the phone and call me any time!" He lingered long, speaking softly to Governor Paul Johnson at the Mississippi booth. Connecticut's John Dempsey urged Lady Bird, with a nod at the President: "Take care of him, sweet Lady...
...Justice Department has already brought suit against Alabama Secretary of State Agnes Baggett, charging that the state's registration requirements are unconstitutional-including a 20-page test on government and the Constitution so difficult that Chief Justice Earl Warren might well have trouble passing without a favorable nod from the registrar. Apart from such onerous laws, in Selma the bulky figure of Sheriff Jim Clark stands adamantly in the way of any Negro registration...
Banana Peel has a plot as tricky as its title. Named after a race horse, this free French comedy of crime and blandishment gives the beast a mere nod during the opening credits, then plunges into an orgy of intrigues on a pretty fast track. Viewers may occasionally wish they had a pony to keep abreast of what is happening. But they will never lose interest, thanks to two shrewd performers, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jeanne Moreau, under direction from Marcel Ophuls...
...elect one of their own, the Christian Democrats had to unite behind a single candidate. A party caucus gave the nod to Lawyer Giovanni Leone, but many Christian Democratic Deputies refused to be bound by the decision. Indeed, ex-Premier Amintore Fanfani finally captured more than 100 of the 399 Christian Democratic votes available but withdrew after the eleventh ballot because of the combined pressure of the Vatican and his party chiefs. Fanfani was feared because he is shrewd, inventive (he created the "opening to the left" regime that still rules Italy) and unpredictable...