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...Par for the Course. Both men, of course, protest that they are not candidates. Last week Rockefeller wrote to groups in New Hampshire and New York asking them to end their efforts to draft him lest they prove "divisive and destructive" to the party. "I just don't have the ambition or the need or inner drive-or whatever the word is- to get in again," he has said. But it was once said of Thomas E. Dewey that "the only cure for presidentitis is embalming fluid," and Rocky has been waging a noncampaign that will leave...
Robertson hadn't been up to par for two weeks, while he nursed a heavy cold. but his condition had apparently grown much worse. The immediate diagnosis was a touch of bronchitis, which could be serious in itself, but there was the possibility that Robertson had a spot on his lung, and would be lost for the season...
...Guardsmen were trigger-happy, scary and undisciplined. In the wake of the Detroit upheaval, the President's Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders also found that Negro representation in the Army Guard is minuscule (1.15% nationwide v. 10.6% in the Army in Viet Nam), officer quality below par, and riot training perfunctory...
...obviously figured that betting on the house was a sure thing. Not only did Ladbroke's raise a cool $1,800,000 in new capital, but future trading is sure to send its 2,466,000 shares of unissued stock soaring well above their total $3,400,000 par value. Few long shots at Epsom ever paid as well. But Ladbroke Chairman Cyril Stein, 39, figures that he and his house have always been odds-on favorites to succeed. "Bookmaking was in my blood from the first," he says. "I was weaned on the difference between...
Four of the five forwards are physically below par, the center halfback is a doubtful starter, only two fullbacks are available, and both experienced reserves are out of action...