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...Bundy's real defense against tyranny lies in his reliance on the good sense and liberal values of men actually wielding power. He constantly qualified his plea for more government by adding "for freedom." He urged future administrators to avoid arrogance and never to lose their "sympathy" for the general public...
Iowa Republican Jack Miller, proponent of a tough stance in Viet Nam, chimed in with a plea that "something should be done about a change in the conduct of the war." Idaho Democrat Frank Church, a longtime critic, warned that the Administration seemed to be "poised to plunge still deeper into Asia where huge populations wait to engulf us, and legions of young Americans are being beckoned to their graves." Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield was no less concerned. "We are facing today the most troublous days in the entire history of the Republic, and I bar no period...
...refrained from carrying out the sentences. Then, two weeks ago, Rhodesia's high court ruled that the noose could be used, since the Smith regime was a de facto government. British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labor government thereupon asked the Queen to intercede, but her plea was rejected by the Rhodesian high court. "Her Majesty is quite powerless in this matter," said Rhodesian Chief Justice Sir Hugh Beadle, who had hitherto been known as a "Queen's man" for arguing that Rhodesia must maintain residual links with the Crown...
Romney followed up his plea for a discussion of the issues by remarking that he could support Nixon if the other Republican Governors went that way. Then Montana's Tim Babcock, previously thought to be holding out for Ronald Reagan, announced loudly that he would support Nixon, and that half the Republican Governors would do the same. It was after that-just a few hours after the Romney press conference-that Rockefeller issued his statement of availability. Said George Hinman: "We decided that we simply had to clear up his position...
...puts Columbia into the NCAA tournament. A loss would have left the Lions out in the cold, because their plea to the Ivy League that they be allowed to compete in the National Invitational Tournament was denied yesterday before the game...