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...Governor today, like that of Gilbert and Sullivan's policeman, is not a very happy one. Much of his former power has been usurped by the Federal Government. Prison riots or fiscal failures can tarnish his reputation. The Senate in recent elections has become the farm club of presidential succession, rather than the Governors' mansions, as in times past. Still, the job has compensations, and everywhere in the 18 states where gubernatorial campaigns are under way this fall the battles are vigorous. Some of the more interesting...
Justin has always vetoed speech lessons, which would alter Twiggy's working-class accent, and has protected her from all the "jiggery-pokery" that might tarnish her image, or what he thinks her image ought to be. When Photographer Bert Stern wanted to use her in a series of pictures illustrating pop fairy tales a few years ago, Justin turned him down flat. "Twiggy has a pure, clean image," he said. "The whole idea of the wolf, the big bad wolf, and Twiggy-it has something erotic about it." He added, quite unnecessarily: "I won't have sexual...
Last week-much later than had been previously expected-the sheer momentum of the mighty but misfiring U.S. economic machine lifted the annual rate of G.N.P. over the $1 trillion-a-year mark. Despite the tarnish that inflation placed on that achievement, President Nixon appeared for ceremonies at the Commerce Department's new gross national product clock-a brightly lit and buzzing electronic gadget that ticks off the nation's estimated economic growth at the rate of $2,000 a second. Said Nixon: "We hope to keep it moving, and perhaps move it faster in the years ahead...
...point, the formula has succeeded. In the past decade, for exam-)le, the ranks of college students have more than doubled, and the number of Americans officially classified as "poor" nas declined substantially. But the elit ter of growth has begun to tarnish...
...less volatile, though related issue: Did the military-backed regime have any justification for denying basic human liberties to its citizens? The Athens government of Premier George Papadopoulos and his fellow colonels is fearful that suspension from the Council, a powerless but prestigious European mini-U.N., would tarnish Greece's already marred image. Junta officials have threatened some European nations with trade reprisals if they voted against Greece. Even so, at week's end as many as eight nations were in favor of suspending Greece from participation in the Council until the colonels either step down...