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...elected Democratic whip, making him second in command to Majority Leader Mike Mansfield. In the aftermath of Chappaquiddick, however, Kennedy became distracted, neglected the job and left too many of his responsibilities to the No. 3 Democratic leader, Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Byrd did the work so well that he upset Kennedy for the post...
Never had a clerical goof come at so inopportune a time. Less than a month after the Federal Reserve Board unfurled harsh new measures to whip inflation by holding down the money supply, chagrined Fed officials last week revealed that previously reported money figures had been overstated by $3 billion. Instead of surging in the past two weeks, the money stock had actually declined...
PRINCETON 10 PENN 3; Why is Princeton 3-1? Why is Princeton 4-1? DARTMOUTH 14 COLUMBIA 7; Listen here, New Yorkers. Country boys can whip you any day. Friday 3:00 Saturday 10:00 Saturday 3:00 1. Harvard (bye) Harvard 4. Princeton Princeton 5. Dartmouth Ivy League Women's 2. Brown Brown Soccer Championships 7. Penn 3. Yale Yale 6. Cornell
...movements are springing up everywhere, some of them led by former Carter supporters, and Kennedy's own elated staff members are beginning to jockey for positions in the would-be, might-be, soon-to-be campaign. Says an enthusiastic aide to California Senator Alan Cran- ston, the Senate whip and a top member of the Democratic establishment: "Everybody in California is just sitting and waiting for Kennedy. He has the Machinists Union, the United Auto Workers and the Beverly Hills crowd. What else is there...
...theory that Australians ought to take more pride in their country, a government and private-industry group early this month launched a $4.2 million campaign that is supposed to whip Aussies into a chauvinistic frenzy. Bumper stickers and ballpoint pens bearing the slogan LET'S ADVANCE AUSTRALIA are being distributed, and the air waves will soon be flooded with television commercials citing assorted contributions that Australians have made to world progress, such as the invention of a sugar cane harvesting machine. A theme song composed by a Melbourne advertising executive exhorts citizens...