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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first-ballot Nixon victory. This forces Rocky into an unspoken alliance with Reagan, who still dreams of leapfrogging a Nixon-Rockefeller deadlock to the nomination. Rockefeller's emphasis on the Wallace threat could redound, however, to Reagan's benefit among Southern Republicans. Southern delegates for Rocky are as rare as square marbles, but a fair number might go for Reagan on the theory that his conservatism might be an effective alternative to Wallace. When Rockefeller's aides boast about shaking some 40 delegates loose from Nixon in recent days, they concede that most of these went either to Reagan...
Since starting out in their four dog sleds last February 21st, they have actually encountered a scarcity of large animal life despite abundant tracks. Yet after Freddy Church, the Expedition's communications middle man at Barrow, relayed one of the rare sightings of a few seals to England, The Times of London assumed that the Expedition had practically proven Stefansson's theory. The Times just happens to be one of the financial backers of this $150,000 effort...
...time when Roman Catholics are questioning tenets of their religion in an atmosphere of rare intellectual excitement, Pope Paul VI last week proclaimed an inflexible affirmation of traditional Catholic doctrine. In a new church creed,* the Pontiff etched a portrait of Christianity little changed from medieval days...
Many property owners in the same unenviable bind have asked the courts for a legal roadblock against encroaching progress. With rare exceptions, they have lost out to the principle of "eminent domain," which allows the state to acquire private property in the interests of the public good. But Dennison claimed that in addition to compensation for the land itself, the state should pay him for loss of privacy and deterioration of his scenic view. He also tried a more unusual tack. He demanded added damages for the nuisance caused by the traffic noises at his doorstep. Impressed by his arguments...
...Kahn's main solution lay in finding modern-day equivalents for Shakespeare's topicalities and fads. I am by nature a purist, and do not condone tampering with works of art. But this is one of the rare exceptions. The purist approach does not work; Kahn's does. It's as simple as that...