Word: surely
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Crumbs into Cakes. Of course, there may be reason to wonder why a politician with any thought for his future would even want a place on the next G.O.P. national ticket. To be sure, Viet Nam and a skittish economy may considerably erode Lyndon Johnson's strength by 1968, and there are politicians who believe that the President's personal unpopularity could lead to his defeat. To Javits, whether Johnson is beatable or not is irrelevant. As he sees it, the G.O.P. is obliged to put up a strong fight if it is to lay a base...
...Reaching back to Cicero in comparing himself to Jack Kennedy, he noted ruefully, "When Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, 'How well he spoke'-but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, the people said, 'Let us march.' " Heroes may be wrong, but they must be sure...
...Public Relations Man Rozelle. Under the terms of the peace pact, he is now the commissioner of both leagues, at a salary of $85,000 per year. Davis will probably return to coaching. He got the job in the first place, says an A.F.L. spokesman, "mainly to be sure that we didn't lose our shirts in the merger deal...
...POVERTY: "There are among us the gloomy ones who say that the world will always have its poor. This is much like those who a hundred years ago were sure that there were some who were born to be slaves. Is our vision such that we can look beyond the stars but dare not gaze upon the face of the earth?"-James Nabrit Jr., deputy U.S. representative to the U.N., at St. Lawrence University...
Estimates of Brundage's collection start at $30 million. Says the crusty old gent who once bounced Eleanor Holm from the Olympic swimming team for sipping champagne: "You can be sure it is worth more than I paid for it." Brundage, who has been collecting since 1912, has acquired more than 5,000 objects, whose origins range from Japan to Iran. As he opened the 12-ft-high bronze doors that lead to the Museum's 100,000-sq.-ft. new wing, he sported in his lapel the grey rosette on gold representing Japan's Order...