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The two trends interlock-the most expensive campaigns not infrequently are also the most scurrilous-and there is little in sight to stop either trend. Laments William Brodhead, a Michigan Democrat who decided to retire from the House rather than try to finance a re-election race: "It's...
Many long time liberal fans of Millicent Fenwick will find it difficult to vote against her today. It seems a shame to force one of Congresses most spirited and engaging characters to retire. But there is good reason why the New Jersey race has tightened up so drastically and for...
Flintstong: "Oh, sure, I work at night, when they can't see me. This submarine, though, this was big. You could retire on a fish that big."
The defeat is also a rebuke to U.A.W. President Douglas Fraser, who led the team of union bargainers that negotiated the contract. Fraser, 65, who will retire next May as head of the union, had not been optimistic about ratification because he was aware of the frustration and bitterness felt...
The Government has not paid farmers to keep fields fallow for several years, and the idea seems inherently repellent. But many farmers feel there is no ready alternative. "If I cut back and my neighbor cuts back," says Chappel Sides of Mississippi, "that won't do it. The Government...