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...would vote to strike Title IV from the bill feel that the present chaotic mess is preferable to what we have in the bill." Mills' either-or proposition was enough to sway borderline Congressmen. By a vote of 234-187 the House voted down a motion to scratch Title IV from the omnibus bill, then approved it entirely, 288-132. The bill will now go before the Senate for its consideration...
...total of the defeat seemed in the end to be the result of two major forces-the belief that if Carswell were to gain the seat the young blacks would be confirmed in their mistrust of the system, and the bumbling of Nixon and his Attorney General, John Mitchell. Scratch the miracle, Harris implies, and the better part of Carswell's defeat must be credited not to the indignation of the nation and its representatives, but to the Executive's stupidity...
...these Asian Oliver Twists scratch out a living by pimping and peddling drugs to American G.I.s, stealing the watches and shining the shoes of American civilians, and always trying -but not always succeeding-in keeping a footfall ahead of the police. By night, they make a bed out of a door stoop, windowsill or car seat, with a discarded magazine under their heads and an army poncho for cover...
...industry. Japan has become the world exemplar of what in the West is called the Protestant ethic. The reasons behind Japan's work ethic lie not in its Buddhist and Shinto religions but in its history and geography. The mountainous nation has always been a tough place to scratch out a living. The peasant who did not labor hard simply starved, partly because medieval lords took as much as 80% of his rice crop in taxes. Necessity was transmuted into virtue: the busy man is a good man. To this day, it is considered respectful to greet superiors by saying...
...never have to scratch again. Her recently completed, laudable BBC series on the life of Elizabeth I should follow The Forsyte Saga and The First Churchills to a long-playing appearance on U.S. television screens. The role lets her display more than neurotic lubricity. To accept it she piqued Director Russell by turning down a role as a nun-with an insatiable sex habit, of course-in his next film The Devils. "It had nothing to do with Ken," she says. "He creates a proper climate for actors, even if he doesn't care anything about them...