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...Wreckers. As aging legislators catnapped and clerks clogged the rear of the chamber, it became apparent that an adequate ECA appropriation and a strong draft law were essential. So were a farm program and some kind of a housing bill...
Monsters & Flim-Flams. The fight went on. In a stuffy conference room, John Taber fought a rear-guard action against ECA. Time & again the conference broke up in despair. But Senate leaders were determined. By Saturday evening, Taber's House support had fallen away. Abruptly, Taber gave in. The ECA got $4 billion (only $245 million short of Administration requests), to spend in twelve months, if necessary...
...Pamela Mountbatten pondered her father's avowed ambition of some day be, coming Britain's First Sea Lord. "Father will have to take lots of exams before he's promoted," she said. "He's really quite ignorant, you know. Besides, he's only a rear admiral and the Royal Navy is the slowest place in the world to rise...
Into the Firing Line. But long before he left-this week, in fact-he had to deal with the standpatters. Despite the forces arrayed against him, Big Jim was not without weapons of his own. His rear was secure. The Republican organization of western Pennsylvania, led by Banker Richard Mellon, was solidly behind him. The Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) delegates had already announced their intention of following his lead. Above all, he would still be governor of the state for 2½ more years, with 40,000 state jobs at his disposal...
...year-old infantryman was a gay and awesome fighter in the lines. In North Africa he once put on a one-man show that resulted in the capture of almost 600 Italians. In the rear areas he was a holy terror. He liked to wear officers' uniforms, or bits of uniforms from several different armies. He consistently roamed away from his guard duty post, would walk a mile to avoid a salute...