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Whether or not he actually wins the throne this time, Britain's cool, complex Deputy Prime Minister is in charge of the government for the time being, and by any measure he has had far the widest and longest administrative training for the top job. He is hard to fault for past mistakes, since he had no responsibility for Suez and hardly any for the Common Market failure, not to mention the Keeler scandal. Moreover, Rab is renowned for his patience. "He seems," says one commentator, "to act in decades and think in centuries...
...exacted too high a price of the U.S. Said he: "Under this treaty we close the door on sure knowledge of the survivability of our second-strike capability, the very capability which, until now, has been the shield of peace in this world. We halt the search for the widest span of nuclear know-how at a point where the total test yields of the Soviet are a full third greater than our own. I will vote against this treaty because it will erode our military strength. I will vote against this treaty because it preserves the enemy...
...trim changes for 1964. But all the new Chevrolets have standard front-seat safety belts in line with the auto industry's decision to install belts on all new autos by year's end. Though it will offer a grand total of 43 models for 1964-the widest selection in its history-Chevrolet is secretly working on yet another new model: a small, fastback sports car to compete with the low-priced sports car that Ford is planning for the spring...
...attempt to concern itself with education in the widest sense, the Ed School has sought to include three kinds of personnel in its ranks: 1) scholars from the specialized academic disciplines, who will work on educational problems and research, such as historians and philosophers of education; 2) experts in the variorums educational specialties, such as guidance and methods of instruction; and, 3) working educators with firsthand experience with the problems of organization and administration in the schools...
...lives in London and goes home only for visits, but Sidney Nolan, 46, remains as Australian as the emu or the lyrebird. In his country's bustling art world, he has the widest range and the most lyrical touch. "The common denominator of all of us Australian painters," he says, "is a concern with the figure in a landscape. It seems a peculiarly Australian trait, and I think it gives a poignancy to all our work...