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...giving us openings." observed Massachusetts' Ralph Bonnell. Texas Senator John Tower said that Kennedy's "power grab'' will "serve as a rallying point for Republicans all across the ideological spectrum." Said Michigan's John B. Martin: "A lot of people are getting the feeling that the President is throwing his weight around. He's doing this damage to himself, and it could turn out to be our strongest asset." Kennedy's action in the steel crisis, he said, was "more characteristic of Louis XIV than of the President of the U.S." National Committee...
...hundred times more committed now than when I started. I have a greater knowledge of God and the Scriptures. I want to go out and grab people and say, "Look here, I've got the answer!" I believe God is speaking to the people through...
...McGraw-Hill Publishing) were abruptly postponed by the investment bankers underwriting them. But the Street's hard-eyed moneymen took a different view when 430,000 shares of General Motors Corp.* went on the block. Within minutes, they tumbled all over one another plunking down $23 million to grab up every share...
...move up to higher-priced cars. For a time, this skepticism seemed likely to lead G.M. into serious trouble. In 1959, when Ford's compact Falcon scored an immediate success while Chevrolet's rear-engine Corvair was something of a dud, it appeared that Ford might grab off the lion's share of an important new market. Almost by chance, however, Chevrolet dressed up some Corvairs with pizazz features to attract customers into showrooms to look at the ordinary Corvair. With that began the Monza and the "bucket seat boom" -another example of the auto buyer...
...have to face all those he has sent to school. He is not likely to shake off the Communists now. More than ever he is surrounded by the personnel of the party. If the Communists keep quiet, prod a little here and there, and offer adulation, eventually they will grab away the real power...