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...like all minor league clubs, is slowly withering on the vine of small-town America, might one day see the dream come true--but for now they play to what the Pope calls a private audience, with not enough fans in the two-bit stadium seats to fill a quorum at a PTA meeting. Others, like the 18 members of former Dodger Wally Moon's superb Arkansas small college team, have the talent but little opportunity; while there are those with even less chance. The eager, almost fanatical youngsters of Puerto Rico, where youth baseball has been uncorrupted...
...eight-day hike from Georgetown to Cumberland, Md., to publicize the cause. At the dedication ceremonies, Douglas' wife Cathy unveiled a bust of her husband as six Supreme Court Justices, including Chief Justice Warren Burger, looked on. "Thanks for coming, Chief," smiled Douglas. "This has to be a quorum." Though he looked frail and gaunt in his wheelchair, he made some appropriate ad lib remarks in a thin, reedy voice and promised his audience to get well and hike again "the whole distance...
...real Clinton has stood up. Early last week the genuine town meeting was scheduled to discuss, among other items, Clinton's $6.5 million budget. The attendance: 268. Police beat the streets in an effort to flush out enough folks to reach the total of 300 needed for a quorum. No luck...
...before rubber-stamping their decisions in public. The minutes of the public sessions show that on seven occasions since McLaughlin joined the board, Ralph has arrived on time and waited as long as an hour for a second member to appear, before adjourning the meeting for lack of a quorum. In every instance, the other commissioners arrived soon after Ralph's own adjournment and held their own meeting. McLaughlin says he and Danehy often do not come to the meetings until an hour after the posted starting time because the first hour is devoted to paper signing and informal discussion...
UNFORTUNATELY, the long-awaited and self-interestedly roseate report of the policy committee is not the only new stain on the GSD's record in this affair. The GSD faculty, meeting last week with only 25 voting members present (one over the quorum requirement), added a few blotches...