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...Deter attacks by disgruntled heirs and creditors-largely because the trust, unlike probate, is an unpublicized fait accompli...
With this background, no one was especially surprised when the room-and-board change was kept a secret from RGA until it was formally announced as a fait accompli (letters to parents announcing the change had been sent from the President's office that morning). What did concern the few students who feel that RGA could perform a useful purpose was what the move suggested about the organization's current function. Most Radcliffe students lost interest in RGA long ago. The legislature has been virtually forced to concern itself almost exclusively with the subject of social rules. After a year...
That, said Reston, was why he had gone after the position papers, and why the Times had published them. "Nothing is more effective in political life than a fait accompli," he said. "Nobody knows this better than the politician. It is therefore the duty of the reporter to get the facts as quickly as possible...
...Scorpion, in short, is an entertaining, diverse, and promising first attempt. It is worth reading. It would be very worthwhile indeed if the editors can produce a second issue to turn the attempt into a fait accompli...
Silly Noises. In any case, there was little the President could do about the rate increase, for the Federal Reserve Board is wholly independent of Congress and the President. Indeed, by accepting the fait accompli gracefully, Johnson retained the goodwill of the banking community and fiscally conservative businessmen (see U.S. BUSINESS). Moreover, if the board's tighter money policy causes the economy to dip too sharply, Johnson can rightfully argue that he opposed the discount boost all along. On the other hand, if the 58-month-long economic boom continues unabated, as most economists expect it to, Johnson...