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Last week, in an impromptu press conference on Capitol Hill, a reporter asked St. Clair if he and the President would stay in touch during Nixon's current Middle East trip. Yes, St. Clair said, I will keep the President abreast of developments in the case...
Perhaps Copeland's reputation as a former CIA employee who has ostensibly kept abreast of agency affairs impressed the Times. Other acquaintances describe Copeland, 57, as a man who has acquired some status as a CIA expert by trading on his intelligence background. He is readily accessible to journalists seeking material on the CIA. Recalls one: "Miles is the only man I know who uses the CIA as a cover." Nonetheless, Editor Keren insists: "We still believe the Times account to be correct...
...tuition hikes are the result of inflation throughout the whole economy, Kaufmann insisted, and don't keep increases in Harvard's income abreast of the economy as a whole. In an effort to hold the line, Dean Rosovsky called on department chairmen not to spend any more next year than they did this year...
...fact, energy will remain scarce even if the Arabs relax their embargo. John A. Love, President Nixon's energy chief, predicts that it will be three to five years at best before world oil production and refinery capacity is increased enough to again bring energy supplies abreast of demand. The shortage, he said last week, will bring about "a change of approach to our life-style and economy," and the nation can no longer continue doubling its demand for energy every ten or twelve years...
...result over the years has been a series of what Agnew Press Secretary J. Marsh Thompson calls "heart-to-heart talks." Reston, unable to secure a private interview with Richard Nixon since the Oregon primary in 1968, has used his private détente with Agnew to stay abreast of Administration thinking. (Henry Kissinger and Melvin Laird have also "kept in touch," Reston says.) Agnew, in turn, has benefited from rather gentle treatment in Reston's influential column. Last February, for instance, Reston quoted approvingly a remark Agnew made in a speech before the Minnesota Press Association: "The fact...