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Democrats chafe bitterly under the stagnant leadership of Speaker John W. Mc-Cormack, 78. In a party caucus last week, Representative Jerome R. Waldie of California offered a resolution of no confidence in McCormack's stewardship. Waldie's thrust was laid aside by a vote of 192 to 23, but the appearance of overwhelming support for McCormack was misleading. Fully aware that Waldie had no chance of success, many reform-minded members held their fire, but hoped to fight with more success another...
...limit poker games, and Lincoln "Mack" Kinicutt was locked into an unbeatable hand. As he glanced at his hole card, and suddenly realized that there was no way he was going to lose 50 per cent of that heavy $150 pot. he threw his hands into the air, thrust his head back and bellowed, "All right! Call me Doctor...
...market. That does not make the people loyal to President Thieu, though. I think most of them wish all politicians would go away. ANSON: I personally feel that while pacification may be stronger today than at any time within recent memory, it is still extremely vulnerable to a determined thrust. We shouldn't be surprised if we wake up some morning to find that the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese have returned to areas where we thought they could never come back...
...Thrust onto the defensive, the U.S. upbraided Israel for the attack. Under Secretary of State Elliot Richardson publicly deplored both the Abu Zabal bombing and the Munich attack; privately, he emphasized Washington's unhappiness over the bombing during a two-hour meeting with Israeli Ambassador Itzhak Rabin...
McManama added two more goals, assisted by defenseman Skip Freeman on the first and Freeman and Ron Mark on the second, in the final period, to thrust the Crimson far out of reach...