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...Congress. Begun in the 1880s to combat the obstructionist tactics of Irish Nationalist Charles Parnell and his colleagues, the guillotine has been a welcome procedure for circumventing parliamentary bottlenecks. But when employed prematurely to close off debate on major, hotly contested legislation, it can stir up the wrath of M.P.s on both sides of the floor. Last week Prime Minister James Callaghan's Labor government ran into just that kind of resistance when House Leader Michael Foot tried to ram through a guillotine vote to restrict debate on the devolution bill, which would give limited home rule to Scotland...
...Dangers. In a grimy arc, from Nebraska through the plains of Kansas and Colorado, on into the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas, scenes right out of The Grapes of Wrath suddenly materialized in the swirl of dust billowing up to 12,000 feet. The grit sifted into houses, causing eyes to burn and coating tongues. As visibility neared zero, motorists pulled to sides of roads, and highways were ordered closed. At week's end the dust had blown over the southeastern states, turning the sky a milky yellow. To many worried Westerners, the worst dust storm in some...
What had saved him from disaster so many times, what had rescued him from public wrath, what had prevented his self-destructive urges from consuming him, was his humor. Humor had meant so much, he said. "You need detachment from yourself. You are only a small pebble on a sand of infinite expanse. You need to understand the sense of fragility of human aspirations...
...nomination, questions Bird's lack of judicial experience and does not like what he describes as her "soft position" on the death penalty. Younger, a Republican, wants to run against Brown in next year's gubernatorial election; if he blocks the Bird appointment, he could reap the wrath of California's women voters...
...instead of dwelling on the bitter list of sufferings, I would like to invite you to share with a prisoner's wife a rare moment of joy. If the prisoner has in no way aroused the wrath of the camp authorities, once a year he has the right to receive a visit from his family members. You can easily imagine how eagerly his wife or mother waits for that encounter. But the trip to the distant camps is lengthy and costly. And what about the children? Somebody has to take care of them while their mother is away...