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...councillors appointed a new city manager. Although personal feuds counted a great deal in this fight, the fact remained that the old political animosities had weakened enough to permit councillors from each group to join the new alliance. In public, they united in what amounted to a plea to shake the cobwebs from the city administration and "solve" the city's "problems...
...rejecting even the loosest rein from the national party, the federation may have gone too far. Several high-ranking Republicans called for a complete shake-up of the Y.R.s, and more than one indicated he would ask for another look at that $90,000 subsidy. "These were just little things we asked for," fumed one party elder, "and they laughed in our face...
Jerusalem, though, is another matter. No U.N. resolution or Arab bluster is likely to shake Israeli determination to stay in the Old City. Some religious leaders have already begun to lobby for the erection of a Third Temple (see RELIGION), although the Israelis have also offered to permit a commission of Moslems and Christians to administer the holy places of each religion. They have promised freedom of access to all shrines in a Jerusalem entirely under Israeli control...
...place of the short, choppy stroke he had used throughout most of his career. At Baltusrol, Jack decided to do what came naturally, and in practice he fired a fantastic 62-eight strokes under par, two under the competitive course record. Arnold Palmer bravely insisted: "That won't shake anybody up but Jack...
...random selection of criminals and psychopaths from the camp stockade including a Bible-quoting sex maniac (Telly Savalas), a Negro murderer (Jim Brown) and a small-time hood (John Cassavetes). Discipline to them is as foreign as freedom, and when Marvin tries to shape them up, they try to shake him down. In reply, he shovels on sarcasm and overtrains them until they drop with fatigue. When they refuse to shave with cold water, he takes away their razors and soap, an order which puts them in a bad odor and wins them the barracks sobriquet of "The Dirty Dozen...