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...here, it took me a while to realize that not all Radcliffe women were bitches. In fact, it seemed to me that very few of them were, and my roommate was even more self-effacing than I was. Once this realization sank in, I became indignant. How dare people go around saying these horrible things about...
...coming end of controls represents a political victory of sorts for Ford. Congress rejected two presidential plans for a more gradual lifting of the price lid, partly because some Democrats convinced themselves that Ford would not dare to end the controls altogether. In doing so, the President is making a calculated economic and political bet. If it wins, the U.S. will take a long step toward energy self-sufficiency at a relatively low cost. If it fails and big increases fan rapid inflation, the recovery that gained momentum in July could well falter-just as the 1976 elections draw near...
...love Mozart, but in answer to a question reveals that the instrument he played on was a little drum"), but her irrepressible earthiness finally leads her to puncture the melodrama directly. Indignant at the way Marcus is treating Oscar, she tells him off the way no other character would dare to: "A Papa talking about his own son! No animal would talk about their own son that way... You old bastard...
...mayors had no more success in finding ways to deal with what some of them called a ticking time bomb: the growing power and aggressiveness of government workers' unions. Some have the power both to paralyze cities and to block the re-election of any local officials who dare to defy them. The U.S. now has some 12 million state and municipal employees-double the number in 1960-and about one-third belong to unions. The largest general public-employee union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), has 700,000 members, from accountants to zookeepers...
...without risks. To many, the session will seem a travesty so long as most of the leaders of the opposition remain jailed. Moreover, with freedom of speech guaranteed on the floor of Parliament, the remaining members of the opposition and perhaps even some Congress Party members may dare to criticize the Prime Minister's authoritarian acts...