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...Americans as well. Growled Republican Congressman William Avery of Kansas: "Wichita has an abundance of skilled labor available, but I hardly believe we need to import Japanese capital and ideas to utilize it." In Washington, red-faced Administration officials hastily set the record straight. Nihon Keizai had built its overblown story on brochures that the Commerce Department sent last March to U.S. embassies in Europe and Japan. They were part of a campaign to attract more foreign investment to the U.S. as a way to alleviate unemployment and the balance-of-payments deficit. Though the Japanese were among the recipients...
...committee itself. Said a Midwest committeeman: "The oldtimers are finally fading. At each meeting now. one or two more are gone, and that's all to the good." But despite the lightheartedness. Chairman Miller's declaration that "I have never seen the enthusiasm greater" seemed overblown-as did his apocalyptic statement that "if we don't win this year, we may never win." Privately, few committeemen believe Miller's claim that the party will gain the 44 congressional seats it needs to control the House, figure that about 20 is the most they can expect...
...Smith spent nearly 36 years in what he called ''The Cave of the Winds," dazzling his colleagues with his overblown oratory and the voters back home with a simple platform that promised to keep i) Negroes down and 2 ) the price of cotton up. He punctuated his Senate speeches with "pings" at a spittoon ten feet away (or. if it was not there, at the Senate carpet), often rose to his feet in the Senate in a fit of temper, hacked petulantly on the arm of his chair with a penknife if he could not get the presiding...
Last week the vastly overblown sway of the great stars seemed to have been dealt a strong but reasonable blow. Hurting after blowing $30 million on Cleopatra in Rome, 20th Century-Fox was in no mood to put up with fresh indignities in Hollywood. First, they fired Marilyn Monroe for her spectacular absenteeism from Something's Got to Give, and replaced her with Lee Remick. But then the studio had to contend with Co-Star Dean Martin (salary: $300,000), who refused the substitution. O.K., said Fox; no public apology, no Marilyn. But, predicted one studio executive at week...
...Crimson lens, Pusey emerged as aloof, inarticulate, unable to "make relevant decisions." In its most chilling criticism, the Crimson added: "Those who have watched men desert the ranks of the junior faculty are aware that, to some, Harvard seems to have little future." The harsh words-and overblown charges-called up a shocked reaction...