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...head of the Charter Commission, announced each article as it came up for consideration, carefully explaining its contents so those delegates not talking or drinking in the corridors or back rooms could cast informed votes. But at various times during the three-day floor session, delegates about to vote yea or nay would lean over to their friends and ask how they were voting...

Author: By Ruth C. Streeter, | Title: A Democratic Party | 12/13/1974 | See Source »

...Yea, though I walk through the valley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Torture, Brazilian Style | 11/18/1974 | See Source »

...Nixon had come up while he was still Vice President. On Aug. 1 Alexander Haig, then White House chief of staff, mentioned it to Ford as one of a number of options being considered in the White House. But Ford insisted to the subcommittee that he had not replied yea or nay to Haig's comments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: The Pardon: Questions Persist | 10/28/1974 | See Source »

...titled "How to Be Happy--Though Married." Who is this latter-day Ben Franklin, anyway? Why is he trying to take a stance on every conceivable aspect of life in this world? How can anyone be "conversant," "critical," and "definitive" in more than the appointed intellectual niche? Corliss Lamont, yea even a Corliss Widener, who does he think...

Author: By Robert T. Garrett, | Title: Renegade Patrician | 10/4/1974 | See Source »

...word about the Union, the building where Yard freshmen will be eating most meals. The large resounding dining rooms with dark wood panelling, row upon row of long oak tables and antleer chandeliers, (yea, no joke, a Teddy Roosevelt '84, donation), will quickly become the social focal point of the class of '78. Friendships will be struck, romances started, food fights will erupt, political conspiracies argued, gossip will be gleaned and scholarly one-upmanship will be victorious over what must be the world's worst coffee. Dramatic social conflicts of whom to acknowledge, glance at, ignore completely or sit with...

Author: By Hannah J. Zackson, | Title: How'd You Get Stuck With A Tuba Player? | 9/1/1974 | See Source »

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