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Stirling's detailed, if often careless book proves her a writer of astonishing vigor, and as rare a bird as any to undergo a biographer's taxidermy...
...unfazed by the disaffection of one of France's few remaining supporters in North Africa, promptly made matters worse. Racked by lumbago, Gaillard painfully hauled himself to the National Assembly, won his tenth vote of confidence (286 to 147) by promising to pursue the Algerian war with relentless vigor and to dispatch 28,000 more French troops to join the 500,000 already fighting the Algerian rebels. While he politicked, Gaillard left U.S. Trouble-shooter Robert Murphy and Britain's Harold Beeley cooling their heels, thus deliberately stalling their "good offices" mission to settle the rankling dispute between...
...since he succeeded the late great Field Marshal Alexander Papagos as Premier of Greece, ruggedly handsome Constantine Karamanlis, 50, had infused the Greek government with a new spirit. Son of a Macedonian schoolteacher, Karamanlis still bore traces of the simple manners of the north, displayed an honesty and a vigor alien to the wealthy Athenians who generally dominate Greek politics. Under his driving leadership, the gross national product jumped 9% during 1956-57, and the Greek farmer prospered as never before...
...Federal Trade Commission, which is supposed to supervise all advertising claims, it, too, came in for its share of criticism. The Congressmen accused FTC of failing "to approach the problems of false and misleading advertising with vigor and diligence," called its actions "weak and tardy." In answer, the FTC said that it had scheduled a conference of cigarette manufacturers to develop uniform standards for testing cigarettes...
...that peeresses will sit in Westminster, any talk about abolishing the House of Lords should be quickly quashed. By recognizing the other sex, the Lords have redemonstrated their vigor. Duchesses and marchionesses will probably inject a more humane note into arguments on hunting rights and capital punishment...