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...good name is better than precious ointment Ecclesiastes...
BRADLEY, now in his third term as mayor of Los Angeles, has never relied exclusively on the Black vote. The city is 15 percent Black, and the figure for all California is only 7 percent. Bradley's precious successes were only possible with the support of a coalition that includes Chicanos. Blacks, liberals and white moderates. To keep the coalition together, Bradley has combined keen political maneuvering with a scrupulous attention to being fair and "balanced...
...bounced back, solidifying his support among both the Republican Party faithful and disaffected Democrats. Statewide polls put him 14 points ahead of Stevenson, a former two-term Senator who has never lost an election. Stevenson's poor campaign organization and professorial speaking style have cost him precious ground against the more punchy, aggressive Thompson...
...chosen a different tack, emphasizing his belief that the United States must return to the gold standard in order to avert economic disaster. Katz was a financial analyst in New York in 1971 when then-President Richard M. Nixon nevered all conceptions between the value of currency and precious metal...
...Rose's remains, a 6-ft. section of the warship's bow was deliberately severed as a safety precaution. After the sections are rejoined, the painstaking work of finally preserving the Mary Rose could take several years. Nonetheless, the rescuers of the Mary Rose hope that their precious find can go on display as early as next year in Portsmouth, at a drydock close to Lord Nelson's famous flagship H.M.S. Victory. Says Discoverer McKee: "This is a dream come true." - By George Russell. Reported by Arthur White/Portsmouth