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Humphrey was understandably annoyed. He shot off telegrams to the truants ordering them back to Washington on the double, followed up with 36 personal phone calls. The next quorum call, two days later, was met. But still absent were nine of Humphrey's Democratic supporters and six pro-civil rights Republicans. With that, Humphrey and Majority Leader Mike Mansfield summoned offending Democrats to a special meeting, urged them to mend their ways and handed out a list of scheduled quorum calls through mid-May. Seven Senators didn't show up for that session either...
Tammy is a genie out of another bottle. From a mouth carved by a razor she lets slip songs and dialogue as if they were secret vices. Other people speak; Tammy makes animal noises. She looks like a love goddess playfully absent without leave from the moon...
Since McClelland, Miller and Bales are all absent this year, Roger W. Brown, professor of Social Psychology and Acting Chairman of the Soc Rel Department, and Talcott Parsons, professor of Sociology, will serve on the committee until June...
...beginning to look like Del Rossi will have to be that good every time in order to win, because Crimson bats have been awfully cold this spring. After a 15-run outburst at Lynychburg (on 12 singles, seven walks, and five errors) the Crimson attack was noticeably absent down south. In their last three games. Harvard hitters have brought in just five-runs--one of the games went 16 innings...
Although no Radcliffe president has ever before taken a leave of absence, it is customary at Harvard for the senior member of the Corporation--who corresponds to the chairman of the Radcliffe Board of Trustees--to take over for an absent president. Charles A. Coolidge served in this capacity during the leaves of President Conant and Pusey...