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...Administration's great good luck is that Congress now has no articulate and commanding protectionist zealot. But there will be abundant opposition from Congressmen whose home folks stand to feel an import pinch, and from armies of lobbyists from such industries as textiles, chemicals, glass and electronics...
...army chief, General Victor Lundula, had declared his loyalty to the central government regime of Premier Cyrille Adoula in Leopoldville; when Gizenga angrily sent a platoon of Stanleyville police out to arrest Lundula, the cops began bickering among themselves, broke up and returned to their barracks without making the pinch...
Since the University is worried that increased tuition will put a pinch on students of moderate means there will undoubtedly be a move towards more reliance upon the federal government to subsidize undergraduate education. Such aid involves important questions of the balance of graduate to undergraduate education, teaching to research, and the natural sciences to the social sciences and the humanities. The trend is hardly the exclusive concern of the natural scientists...
Moth Bags for Mossbacks. To keep the press happy, Romagna has performed prodigies of rapid transcription. Romagna's wooden attache case, custom-built by the White House carpentry shop, is a portable desk, but in a pinch, Romagna has been known to recruit the nearest back for the same purpose. Recording presidential talks in the White House rose garden -a favorite informal speaking site-is Romagna's pet chore: "Provided the speech is not too long, I can take it down, run the 50 yards to my office and transcribe it. dash into the mimeo room and have...
...Shot in the Dark, adapted by Harry Kurnitz from a Paris hit, puts a pinch of murder into a pot of sex. It is expertly stirred by Julie Harris and Walter Matthau...