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...Communists. In a solemn mood of self-congratulation, he commended other parties for affirming Yugoslavia's "principles of independence, equality, autonomy and noninterference." As the conference ended, many observers and participants agreed that this might well be the last attempt at Communist summitry. Predicted a Yugoslav party stalwart: "The conference had no past-and no future...
Amiable Lies. There are a couple of funny baseball stories in Some Champions. Lardner's hero is the stalwart Keefe, who has a nice smile and a gorgeous head of bone. He brags in a letter to Friend Al that he is in line for a big raise if he beats the Red Sox. The date of the story-roughly 1918-can be guessed from the fact that the Boston pitcher is Babe Ruth, who had not yet switched to the Yankees and the outfield, and from the size of the big raise-$600, bringing Keefe to the affluence...
Bartlett, who is currently a stalwart on the Crimson golf squad, had little notion of the Hagen mystique when he joined the caddy ranks at the age of fourteen and began to forge his near-scratch golf game. He received a guiding hand from club pro Sam Urzetta, an ex-caddy himself who won the U.S. Amateur crown in 1950 after a playoff with Frank Stranahan...
...like Wilson, could best hold Labor's warring factions together. Yet he will probably have to face a runoff, perhaps against another moderate-Home Secretary Roy Jenkins, who is the hero of many Laborites disillusioned with old-style politics. Less likely is Employment Secretary Michael Foot, a stalwart of Labor's left wing. The chances of Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey, another moderate, were damaged by his verbal abuse of the leftists during a recent parliamentary debate. Two others not given much chance to survive: Environment Secretary Anthony Crosland, who is not well known among British voters...
...Harris' Senate term was drawing to a close in 1971, it was apparent that Oklahomans were not happy with his leftward drift; he seemed headed for probable defeat. So rather than run for the Senate again, he astonished his constituents by declaring for the presidency. One stalwart financial backer, New York Investment Banker Herbert Allen, kept his campaign alive for six weeks. When it seemed hopeless, Harris withdrew...