Word: wilfulness
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...hours of sleep as the train chugged back to the capital. At one point, Brandt seemed on the verge of nervous exhaustion; bags drooped under his eyes and the lines deepened in his face. Yet he never lost the magnetism that brought out roars of "Willy, Wil-ly!" from crowds. Toward the end of the campaign his energy snapped back, and there was no doubt that Brandt was confident of reelection...
...many foreign ministers as he can during the opening weeks of the U.N. General Assembly. But the U.N. has grown so rapidly in recent years that what was once routine diplomacy has now become a kind of diplomatic marathon. By the end of this week, Secretary of State Wil liam Rogers - hoarse of voice and red of eye - will have spent eleven days in New York; in that time, he will have held bilateral discussions with no few er than 66 foreign ministers or their deputies, a heavier schedule than that of any other diplomat...
...Wil Anderson, on the sunset side of 50, has to get his herd of cattle to market. The hands he hired for the drive ran out on him when they heard about the gold strike upriver. There is not a man left in the territory to help him, so Wil turns to boys-eleven eager, callow youngsters. He teaches them a little about roping and riding trail. He hires a black man named Jebediah Nightlinger to tend the chuck wagon. Then, uneasy with the entire proposition, he sets...
...scouts with his speed and range-"more than enough to pick off an interception and go all the way." Taylor is no behemoth, but he hits like one. "He's a real sticker," says one scout, "with a nose for the ball. I'd compare him with Wil lie Lanier," star of the Kansas City Chiefs. Mark Arneson, Arizona, 6 ft. 2 in., 210 Ibs., is described by one pro talent watcher as "super quick, aggressive and a leader...
Inflation Down. Many other factors should contribute to the G.N.P. surge. Eckstein predicts that businessmen wil increase their inventories by $9.5 billion v. $3.5 billion this year. Taking advantage of the investment tax credit, businessmen should also lift their capital spending by $7 billion. And because of a backlog in demand, a rise in the housing industry should add a further $6 billion to G.N.P. growth. Besides all this, state and local government spending should go up at normal rates of about $13 billion...