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...Powell ignored Abzug's protests-as well as those of Representatives Ronald D. Dellums (D-Calif.), Perren J. Mitchell (R-Md.), and Charles B. Rangel (D-N. Y.)-and CDU police in riot gear continued to clear the steps for three-and-one-half hours...
...Choice. In Mujib's absence, the resistance movement is sorely lacking leadership, as well as arms, ammunition and communications gear. In late March, the mukti fauj (liberation forces) overwhelmed several company-size elements, as at Kushtia and Pabna, but bolt-action rifles cannot stop Sabre jets, artillery and army troops operating in battalion strength...
...shoebox under my arm contained a tangled reel, a 25? red-and-white bobber and a dozen rusty hooks -the remnants of a summer of bluegill fishing with the children. Anglin' Sam came armed for an amphibious invasion. As he checked out his gear with John Wilhelm Sr., one of Florida's foremost bass fishermen, Sam unpacked armfuls of monogrammed rods and gleaming reels, a stack of Bassmaster magazines and a tackle box as big as a footlocker. Unfolding like a Chinese puzzle, the box was crammed with all kinds of hardware, first-aid supplies, rod cement, hooks...
Next morning, while Anglin' Sam packed his gear for the jet trip back to civilization, I strolled down to the dock to take a few practice casts. On the first toss a bass picked off my Rapala CD-115 in midair. The largemouth weighed just under 5 Ibs., my biggest take of the weekend. I kept casting, oblivious to pleadings that we had to go. "Just one more cast," I said. "Just one more...
...Administration is at last making progress against inflation. For the year's first quarter, the consumer price index advanced at an annual rate of only 2.7%, which was less than half the pace that it maintained last year, and the lowest rate since inflation rolled into high gear...