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...lose things all the time," George E. Hamlin, Assistant Director of the Loeb, said Saturday. "We try to keep track of the people who come into the building during performances by opening the front doors," he continued, "and we plead with students every day to put any thing of value in lockers that we provide...
...Grows on Me." Since taking over, Donovan has been all action, going to Albany and Washington to plead for state and federal funds, plugging integration plans on television, meeting at least twice weekly with the 'board. He snaps out decisions. One system administrator says: "Donovan grows on me. I ask him a question and I get an answer. I may not like it, but I get it, and I'm not used to that...
...Prepared." Ferrari's Luigi Chinetti tried to plead nolo Commendatore, claiming that the cars were not really representing old Enzo at all-they were just individual entries competing as individuals. To prove the point, Chinetti had the cars painted five different colors. A Ford mechanic admitted that the Chaparrals were "the fastest cars here, no doubt about it." But could they keep running for twelve hours? The automatic transmissions were certain to impose an extra load on the Chaparrals' brakes-since they would be unable to gear down on Se-bring's 13 curves. Snorted Hall...
...Johnson's appearance before the joint session was weighted with momentous meaning for them. This was no ordinary occasion. Not for 19 years -since Harry Truman, in the midst of a railroad strike, asked power to break crippling labor walkouts-had a President appeared before Congress assembled to plead for special legislation. But now, in the wake of public deaths and private resolve, the time had come to assure all American Negroes the right to vote...
Beyond that, the Attorney General would be authorized to offer a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of an assassin; in any conflict over investigative jurisdiction, federal agencies would take over, and in any trial of a presidential assailant, no witnesses could plead self-incrimination to avoid testifying, although they would be immune from any prosecution resulting from the testimony...