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When Tito came to power, Archbishop Stepinac denounced his antichurch materialism and his political tyranny, drew a 17-day jail sentence in 1945. Curious about such a stubborn prelate, Tito summoned him and saw at once what he was up against. He tried to avoid a showdown with this sallow, unsmiling man. "I do not want steps taken against Stepinac," he is reported to have said afterward. "He has a martyr complex." But the outspoken archbishop was getting to be too much of a hero; people began to kneel as he passed on his daily walks through Zagreb...
Management's showdown effort was costly. Before the strike, the morning Oregonian had a daily circulation of 242,035, the p.m. Journal, 188,677. Oregonian Publisher Michael J. Frey estimates that total circulation has dropped 70,000; the Portland Newspaper Guild's President Robert L. Shults has set the loss...
...Charles de Gaulle's favorite maxims is that "power does not retreat" -by which he means that his government does not hesitate to take tough decisions. But last week, enmeshed in a showdown struggle with Antoine Pinay, the economic miracle worker of France's Fifth Republic, De Gaulle hesitated before the eyes of the whole world. Twice Pinay was summoned into conference with Premier Michel Debré, twice into discussions with President de Gaulle himself. At last, after a flurry of ambiguous communiques, came the laconic announcement that despite De Gaulle's "appreciation" of Pinay...
...Pinay took his objections to the public. Said he: "It is surprising enough that the present government should consider carrying out what are really socialist policies. But that I should be required to apply such a policy is altogether out of the question." And last week, before a showdown session with Debre, he said that he had no intention of going quietly: "If the government does not want me any more, it will have to issue a decree removing me from office...
...against complacent Wisconsin, Quarterback Schloredt was a cocky signal caller who knew that Schloredt himself was Washington's best showdown runner. Early in the first quarter, he twice gambled and twice won by running himself on fourth down and short yardage to go, accounted for 37 yds. in his team's 49-yd. drive for the touchdown that numbed Wisconsin then and there. When Wisconsin quick-kicked, the ball was blocked. Recovering, Wisconsin punted again, and fleet Halfback George Fleming gathered in the ball, scampered 53 yds. into the end zone. Making Wisconsin look slow-witted and heavy...