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...their opponents, at times reducing Japan's postwar democracy to a mess. Faced with these outbursts, Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi remained politely placid, meek and smiling. "But Kishi's smile," the Socialists admit with just a trace of admiration, "is like a rose-it has thorns that slash." Last week, faced with the toughest battle in his 21 months in office, Kishi injected some thorny parliamentary shenanigans...
...Plymouth," even though "prices will be up somewhat." Since Chevrolet has dropped its lowest-priced Delray line and Plymouth has scrapped its rock-bottom Plaza, the lowest-priced Ford Custom 300 is expected to sell for less than any other car of its two major competitors. Ford will also slash prices of its slow-rolling Edsel by "hundreds of dollars...
...slash in the 1958-9 athletic budget was cited by Thomas D. Bolles, Director of Athletics, as the reason for reductions in the size of the varsity cross country team...
...after day (he has started every game this year), Banks has trouble getting the right jump on the ball, sometimes boots the play that sets up a rally. But, better than any other shortstop in history, Ernie Banks can right the score all by himself With one vicious slash of his lightweight, heavy-hitting...
...Deputy Under Secretary Douglas Dillon helped persuade Congress to authorize a $3,675,000,000 program, only $275 million below the Administration request. But actual appropriations, handled apart from program authorization, got ambushed in the House, where Louisiana Democrat Otto Passman, chairman of key Appropriations Subcommittee, engineered a slash of $597 million below authorization figure ($872 million below Administration request). President Eisenhower desk-hammered at G.O.P. congressional leaders ("This thing is vital to our country's interest") too late to sway House but in time to buck up Senate Appropriations Committee, which restored $440 million. With the Senate likely...