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...judge the qualifications of members-elect, or is it limited to the three criteria mentioned in the Constitution-age, citizenship and state residence? In the past, the House has excluded members on a variety of grounds without interference from the courts. But now that Powell has brought suit to regain his seat, a clash between the judicial and legislative branches may be imminent. On the Hill, many Congressmen argue that the judiciary has no right to intervene in internal congressional affairs. Thus New York Attorney Bruce Bromley, who was retained last week to represent the House, was under instructions...
...therefore a safe assumption that if the Congress purges its ranks and overhauls its organization, it may still regain much of the public affection it has lost. Indeed, there are two powerful factors that favor such a return to grace. First, the Congress had built up a huge reservoir of goodwill during the freedom struggle and a large bulk of Indians still feel a deep sentimental attachment towards it. They voted against Congress this time because their patience had been stretched to the limit, but they will eagerly vote for the Congress once again if they are convinced that...
Princely Politicians. For the first time since independence, India's nonruling royalty are running for office in force, having finally come to realize that the only way to regain real power and influence is through politics. No fewer than 200 maharajahs, maharanis and less imposing princelings are standing for office, some of them campaigning in Rolls-Royces and returning exhausted to their palaces, where they live on incomes from the Indian government. The displaced princes are hard to beat; many peasants still remember their rule as the good old days, when life was simpler and they could at least...
...Harvard hockey team will have to fight to regain its share of the Ivy League lead when it plays at Brown this afternoon. The game has long been a sellout but will be carried live at 3:30 p.m. over Channel...
...promoting the low-priced ($2,073) Rambler-along with a separate $300,000 splash of ads plugging the company's size and zest-American was obviously trying to regain the image of its halcyon days. Back in the '50s, then-President George Romney captured most of the U.S. market for compacts with his hoots at larger models as "gas-guzzling dinosaurs." Though American followed along with other models (Ambassador, Marlin) when car buyers' taste returned to the larger size, and even stretched the length and breadth of some Ramblers, its share of U.S. auto sales steadily slipped...