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...anyone haul in "love and last" and a lot of other orotund phrases which are quite beside the point? I find it both annoying and presumptuous for anyone to attempt legislating my moral attitudes; it's quite another matter, however, to be required to adhere to an unadorned legal norm...
Other papers sent reporters with fresh eyes. The Wall Street Journal dispatched Igor Oganesoff and Norm Sklarewitz; John Cowles's Minneapolis Tribune sent Robert Hewett. Conniff and the rest of the Hearst task force set out for the Far East. So did Columnist Joe Alsop, a talented reporter and longtime Asian expert. Alsop characterized the Saigon correspondents as "young crusaders." He wasted no time reminding his readers that "it is easy enough to paint a dark, indignant picture without departing from the facts, if you ignore the majority of Americans who admire the Vietnamese as fighters and seek...
Academically, the public schools are left to flounder. The Roman Catholic schools, with nearly half as many students as the public system, draw off most of the brightest. The public system has only 43 remedial-reading teachers, although students at all levels are at least six months behind the norm on standardized reading tests. In an area that cries for electronics techni cians, vocational schools still teach cabinetmaking. In all of Boston's high schools, there are only 18 guidance counselors, and only a quarter of the graduates go on to college. Of this number, more than half...
From Spain, Perón called the election a "farce" and warned: "A period of hard fighting in which violence must be the norm has just begun." But in Buenos Aires, the betting was that Illia and the No. 2 man, Alende, would join forces to give Illia the 238-vote majority he needs when the electoral college meets on July 31. They are then expected to form a coalition government that the country would accept...
...look at the American selections quickly shows the changing character of the League. Gone are Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Roger Maris, Minnie Minoso, Vic Power, Norm Cash and other big names of the past. Only two players catcher Earl Battey (.270) and left fielder Leon Wagner (.333) repeat from last year's team, although the incomparable Mickey Mantle (.310) won the vote despite his injury. Neophyte Pepitone (.273) is the only Yankee in the starting team, and Zoilo Versalles (.283), Minnesota's shortstop, is practically an unkown. Some old reliables, such as Nellie Fox (.277) at second, Al Kaline...