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The reason was that the earl himself had admitted in court to having kept a mistress ($2,300 a year plus a $17,000 house), whom he wanted to marry after his divorce. British law stipulates that a marriage may be dissolved only when one party is egregiously at fault...
Although he can get a library card its spectacular growth. Although great progress has been made, the Russian field, Shulman points out, and can meet academic and governmental officials, he has no chance for protracted research.
Says Moran: "The picture changed completely, from a routine effort at radio assistance to the possibility of a protracted search with little promise of success. For even if we did make contact, this young pilot would still have the problem of descending through the overcast without instruments."
Not since the late Senator Joe McCarthy's virulent attack on Brigadier General Ralph Zwicker* had the nation witnessed such a bitter and protracted personal assault by a member of Congress. Last week, in the memorable clash of the Senator v. the Ambassador, a presidential mission was compromised, and...
Last week, in a humbler mood, the Post ran another editorial about Tycoon Wolfson. Asserting that it was doing so to avoid expensive and protracted litigation, the paper announced it was contributing $25,000 to a Wolfson charity, the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville. "On his part," said the Post...