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...would it? Though many Democrats might desire it, the answer was no. If Goldwater, by some miracle of political chemistry, were to be denied the nomination, there would indeed be a split, even the possibility of a third party formed by his followers. But with Barry on the very brink of victory, there was no evidence whatever that his Republican critics had enough cohesiveness to make 1964 a Bull Moose year...
CITIES To the Brink & Back Sprawled along the banks of the Mississippi, St. Louis funneled the emigration of half a nation toward the Western reaches of the U.S. Paragon of productive diversity, the city turns out candy and caskets, chemicals and containers, animal feed and jet aircraft. Its International Shoe Co. is the nation's biggest shoemaker, Budweiser the biggest brewer. It is the nation's second largest rail center. It served the first hot dog and the first ice-cream cone, was the site of the first balloon race. The corncob pipe was invented there. The first...
...more important for modern St. Louis are still two other facts of its past and present: seldom has a U.S. city come closer to the brink of civic disaster, and seldom has a city worked harder or more successfully to recover...
...Jeunesse (youth), led by Pierre Mulele, still hold their own against Congolese troops. Though one of the Congo's provincial presidents recently sent Premier Cyrille Adoula a hippopotamus, the traditional sign of loyalty, it is clear that the Congo's 21 provinces remain precariously balanced on the brink of anarchy...
...surprise, 1500-word statement delivered at the close of the otherwise routine meeting, Diehl said that the HCUA "is on the brink of collapse." He laid the alleged failure of the organization to what he called the "contempt" shown the HCUA by the Administration and the refusal of the Council to talk back...