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Election! Election! Election!— that has been the constant topic of conversation ever since the end of the World Series. We hear it discussed endlessly. When a certain attorney here in town, who is promoting Kennedy, was asked by a Nixonite if he wanted to see the Pope in the White House, prompt-1 ly replied, “I’d prefer to see the Pope than the Devil!”.Ouch.
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