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...corps, and the blustery old roughrider shouts a rousing "bully" at the news of every medal they receive. The fervor of war incites stirring memories of the heroic charge up San Juan Hill. Undoubtedly the most moving scene of the play, T.R.'s moment of triumph is made more potent and more politically meaningful in the play, juxtaposed as it is against the crushing news of Quentin's death in combat...
...notes, all of which bear Amin's bejowled and bemedaled portrait, have always been worthless outside the country and now count for nothing inside because people do not want them. Instead, they would rather have scarce butter or a slab of meat or a bottle of waragi, a potent, banana-base liquor. Money is worthless because there is so little to buy with it. The rare visitor from Kenya who brings in Kenya currency, and risks arrest or worse in so doing, can get five shillings for one, even though the two shilling currencies remain officially...
...understand the terms of a time-payment contract; buyers infuriated by billing errors; consumers, especially women, who believe they have been denied credit for capricious reasons. Ironically, by making credit seem essential to comfortable living, lenders have sharpened the grievances of all these groups enough to make them a potent political force. Responding to their gripes, Congress in the past nine years has enacted five laws to strengthen the hand of debtors in dealing with creditors, and it will consider some tough new legislation this session...
...Crimson matmen suffered some surprising losses in the middle weights last night and bowed to the Yale Bulldogs, 23-15. Both teams were manhandled earlier this year by the potent Princeton Tigers but had swept through the rest of their league contests, making last night's match a showdown for second place in the Ivies. Harvard has been unable to reach that rung since...
...despite his plea that it was official business. Finally, he drove his own car and arrived half an hour late because he had trouble finding a parking place. Carter's limousine policy will save the Government only $12,000 a year in car-rental fees, but was a potent token of his determination to trim needless expenses and run a down-to-earth Administration. In a similar vein, the President is considering getting rid of some of the 29 presidential planes and mothballing the presidential yacht Sequoia...