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Home to Bed. That decision shook New York Republicans, particularly since recent private polls have shown that Javits could handily defeat Democratic Mayor Robert Wagner. At first glance, it would seem that even the Ritz Brothers could beat "Bumbling Bob" Wagner. His administration has been spattered by scandal. His lurching efforts to satisfy all of New York City's warring Democratic factions have satisfied none. He recently underwent surgery to remove a tumor behind the ear, and his health remains dubious. Last week, pale and drawn as he attended a Democratic banquet honoring Bronx Boss Charles Buckley, Wagner...
...three rebel forces that shook France were beaten but still dangerous...
Finally, Sellers took matters into his own hands. "I shook the stick at him," he said, "and he started to run." Veering to the outside, Carry Back flashed past the exhausted Globemaster and pulled even with Crozier. Again Sellers waved his whip; again Carry Back responded. At the finish, the brown colt was in front by almost a length. Carry Back had earned another $120,500, and crewcut Jockey Sellers-at 23, the nation's leading jockey (TIME, March 24)-had won his first Kentucky Derby. "All I had to do," said Sellers modestly, "was ask that horse...
...logs. Laotians reverently brought thousands of gifts to accompany "the King to nirvana, including a box of U.S. laundry detergent to keep him clean. Next day, rain and high winds swept the field, knocking down ceremonial arches and scattering the King's gifts. Laotian monks and elders sadly shook their heads. Said one: "The old King is angry with us. We have ruined the country which he ruled so peacefully for more than 50 years...
...reference to her 30-odd lovers, "she did much to repair this gap in her experience." In later life she was also a great lip servant of liberty ("Liberty is the core of everything; without it there would be no life"). The French philosopher Diderot once shook her till her shoulders were black and blue to get her to apply a little enlightenment to her realm. With regal practicality she retorted: "Your medium is paper, and paper is always patient. I, Empress that I am, have to write on the sensitive skins of human beings." She did not add that...