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...provoked, the Republicans rang out their answers in Chicago last week with a clarity that surprised even themselves. Under the prodding of New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller they accepted the challenge of economic growth, but located its roots in a free, incentive economy that made for greater liberty. They acknowledged the need for new defenses to meet new threats and abandoned any notion that budget limitations should control security-but found the basis for real security in a will to win the cold war. They rejected in a chorus of "No!" heard round the world the suggestion that...
Automaker stocks also moved up in the stock market, and with some reason. Though some middle-priced cars were not selling well, Chevrolet rang up its best June ever, with sales of 190,215 cars, up 8.5% over June a year ago. Chevrolet six-month sales in 1960 also set an alltime record, up 16.5% over last year. June Rambler sales were up 11% over June last year; Plymouth Valiant sales for the first six months were 18% ahead of the first half of 1959, with the new Valiant accounting for 40% of the volume...
...toilet, no chance of ever earning a living. Johnson wondered aloud, in his agony, what would happen to David when he and his wife were gone. What would this incubus do to the other boys? Dr. Berridge echoed the words of other physicians: "There is no cure." The words rang in Johnson's mind until he took mercy into his own hands...
Nevertheless, in the opinion of many critics, it was only last year, in the magnificent locker-room farce called Some Like It Hot, which rang up the biggest gross ($14 million) ever achieved by a Hollywood comedy, that Wilder revealed himself at his wildest and most wonderful...
...Eastern Air Lines pilot called in one day last week to say that the plumbing in his house was leaking and he had to stay home to fix it. Another rang up to say that his garage door was jammed and he could not get to work. Yet another said he had a backache. Whatever their expressed reasons for not going to work, Eastern Air Lines pilots crippled the nation's third largest airline last week...