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Jerry Ford in his first year responded competently to the problems that were literally thrust on him. But now that the time has come to move beyond the crises he inherited, there are worrisome signs that Ford's view of leader ship remains a reflection of his days on the Hill-days spent in meeting, talking and traveling...
Holding himself stiffly in his sashed and braided blue uniform, Generalissimo Francisco Franco stepped out onto the balcony of the Royal Palace overlooking Madrid's Plaza de Oriente. Instantly, the human sea of 150,000 faithful down below him thrust right arms forward in salute. Then the crowd launched into Face to the Sun, the anthem of the right-wing Falangist shopkeepers and tradesmen who sided with Franco when he began his bloody struggle for power 39 years ago and have been unswerving in their support of him ever since. Franco spoke only three minutes in his thin, barely...
...Harrington agitate for a state welfare apparatus which would be controlled from the bottom by those it serves. Calling for such a restructuring of the system would thrust him into a politically suicidal conflict with the same advocates of New Deal state capitalism--people like Humphrey and Meany...
Crimson goalkeepers Steve Potts and Michael Spiritos went virtually untested in posting the shutout, as Bridgewater amassed a total of only five shots on goal. Defensemen Boyce Greer, Bob Hargadon and Dave Mattais stopped most of Bridgewater's offensive thrust at midfield...
Quarterback Stone Phillips, who guided the Yale attack to a 10-point half-time edge, cashed in on the first turnover with a 4-yard touchdown thrust. Phillips led all Yale rushers with 89 yards, and garnered 144 yards in the air on the crest of a 9-14 passing...