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HOMER?!" A distinguished Democrat could hardly believe the news that Lyndon Johnson had nominated his friend of two decades, William Homer Thornberry, 59, to the Supreme Court. Equally incredulous was a clutch of conservative Republicans, who saw the nomination as a political payoff to an old crony whose judicial credentials fall somewhat short of the standards demanded by the nation's highest court...
When the President fills vacant posts, appointments have an odor of the payoff. James McCrocklin, new Under Secretary of HEW, is a former president of Southwest Texas State College, which boasts one really distinguished alumnus, named Johnson. The new Ambassador to Australia, Bill Crook, is known as a "good guy," but he is also a Texan. The fact is, not many Washingtonians-or Americans-really care now who gets the Johnson...
...down, so did the price that Canadians had to pay for imported autos. At the same time, because of the proximity of their Canadian plants to key American markets, automakers have been encouraged by the free-trade arrangement to expand their production north of the border. For Canada, the payoff is an expanding auto industry, new assembly jobs for its workers and, as a result of growing auto exports, a decrease in the size of its trade deficit with...
...turned out, White Sale met this obligation payed it off with interest, and moved on to do what theater seldom anywhere accomplishes, to deliver on its promises as well as its commitments. Particularly, White Sale delivered on the promise of its suggestive subtitle, "A Cabaret for Cambridge." The payoff is as much subjective as public, so I urge you to go by and collect for yourself. But one Cantabridgian may still suggest something about the pleasures and profits White Sale held...
...Betty Legg, 34, was married to an Iraan, Texas, oilfield worker who carried two $20,000 life insurance policies that paid double indemnity in case of accidental death. When he died-accidentally, she said-she sued the insurance companies for the double payoff. The companies protested that the death was hardly accidental, since it was caused by a bullet fired from a gun by Mrs. Legg. What's more, they told a Texas jury, she had been charged with murder and was awaiting trial. Mrs. Legg said it was indeed an accident. She had surprised her husband...