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...whenever he misses a putt on the golf course because that is the nastiest oath he knows. Other insurance leaders as well as some hospital administrators, doctors, trial lawyers and auto-company executives can barely repress their anger whenever they hear the name. Of all the meddling bureaucrats and thorn-in-the-side consumer advocates who afflict big business, none is so infuriating as Herbert Sidney Denenberg, the insurance commissioner of Pennsylvania...
...Lineberger, National Coordinator of the Clergy and Laity Concerned said yesterday in a conference at the Divinity School that despite increased campus apathy, nonviolent protest must continue to be a "thorn in the flesh" of government repression...
...They were not mollified by Richard Nixon's offer two weeks ago to hold a "serious" dialogue with New Delhi over mutual problems, provided the Indians had "an interest in maintaining balanced relationships with all major powers." To the Indians, that seemed less an olive branch than a thorn, an effort to justify Nixon's own heavv-handed policy in South Asia...
DISHONESTY breeds more dishonesty. With the recent discovery of stolen termpapers in the possession of local termpaper-selling companies, it has become clear that what was last year a thorn in the side of the University administration has become a problem for everyone...
...Cambodians finally retreated after 19 days of fierce fighting, only to be hit again at the nearby towns of Kompong Thmar and Baray. Some fled south to the starting point of Chenla 11. Others dug in at Kompong Thorn, which was by now choked with refugees. Premier Lon Nol, who had ordered the operation and staked his personal prestige on its success, called it off. The failure was evident: each side controlled almost exactly the same area as it held in August...