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...G.O.P. groups claim that computer foul-ups and the hectic pace of the campaign's last days were responsible for the delayed accounting. Willful violations of the reporting provisions are punishable by a $10,000 fine and/or two years in jail, unintentional violations by $1,000 and/or one year. However, it is virtually inconceivable that any suits will be filed. Though Richard Nixon campaigned on a pledge to name a tough new Attorney General, his appointee, no matter how tough he may be, can hardly be expected to make prosecution of the boss his first order of business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Campaign: The Legacy of Truman Newberry | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

Dover initiated the explosion with a pair of foul shots, and then converted a fast break pass from Gustafson. Janszewski, a pleasant surprise for the fans with a soft jumper and accurate hook shots, followed with a turn-around 15-footer. Gustafson finished it off with a free throw, and the outcome was assured...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Crimson Tops Brandeis In Hoop Opener, 92-78 | 12/2/1968 | See Source »

...know how good we have it. Everyone at Harvard and Radcliffe should be obliged to spend at least one week a year at Yale, so that all petty problems and minor irritations with Cambridge fall into their proper perspective. The MBTA, the Bick, even Cambridge's foul and constant precipitation have never been as dear to me as they were after three days of Bull Dogs...

Author: By Jody Adams, | Title: I, A Yale Coed | 12/2/1968 | See Source »

...British mediated the feuds; after independence they were unchecked. The Hausa government elected in 1964 amidst cries of foul play was topped by an Ibo-led coup in January, '66. The new government which had seized power to "clean up the country" did so with a vengeance, and the deaths of former Hausa leaders sparked riots and unrest in the North...

Author: By John C. Merriam, | Title: The Legacy of the Biafran War | 11/12/1968 | See Source »

...convince us that he knows what he is talking about. (Hardly does the play begin when he shows us a hippie reading that revolutionary tract Black Like Me.) The playwright who wanted so much to give his work the sound of Stokely Carmichael gave us the sound of a foul-mouthed Edward Brooke instead...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Sligar and Son | 11/9/1968 | See Source »

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