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...department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines...
...rallying, mostly on the sly. One night, driving his mother to a sister's house to baby-sit, he worked up the courage to spring his big surprise. "I'm going to start motor racing," he said. "Oh no you're not," said Mrs. Clark. Thereupon, Jim angrily kicked the throttle, gave the steering wheel a flick, and sent the car hurtling through a curve at 70 m.p.h. in a perfectly controlled drift. His mother said nothing more...
...thereupon, he swore, the phone company got after him because he had said all those nasty things about it. He let his phone bills mount up for five months and got angry when the service was cut off. His phone was disconnected for a day, and then as often as twice a week. And when he complained, a disembodied company voice told him, "Your telephone is out of order. It's going to remain that way. We have our instructions concerning...
...Gene Sarazen) to have won all four of pro golf's top titles. Gary donated his whole purse to charity: $5,000 to the Cancer Fund, $20,000 to the U.S. Golf Association, "because I am so indebted to this country." He also gave his caddy $2,000. Thereupon his lawyer assured everybody that with endorsements, personal appearances and all, Player wouldn't have to worry about where his next ball was coming from. "Winning today," he said, "will be worth $500,000 to Gary...
...John Mecklin. The author, who was USIS chief in Saigon from 1962 to 1964, takes a balanced second look at U.S. policy toward Viet Nam and especially toward the late Ngo Dinh Diem. Mecklin feels that the U.S. measured Diem only by his intransigence and overlooked his legitimate sovereignty, thereupon condoning the coup that unleashed warring factions and led to six more coups...