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...story is plausible. Although no one in Congress argued the case for separation better than Adams, his very zeal and bull-necked honesty did indeed make him obnoxious to many. Besides, the men from Massachusetts, being so far advanced in their enthusiasm, have been wise enough to adopt the habit of deferring to Virginia. As one of the more acute delegates explained it to Adams two years ago: "You must be very cautious ... You must not pretend to take the lead. You know Virginia is the most populous state in the Union. They are very proud. They think they have...
...convuls'd state" and needed guidance "with respect to a method for our administering justice and regulating our civil police." John Adams of Massachusetts was delighted to reply (indeed he published his Thoughts on Government last January for the guidance of all legislators with similar difficulties). Said he: "[Adopt] a plan resembling the government under which we were born. Kings we never had among us. Nobles we never had. But Governors and councils we have always had as well as representatives. A legislature in three branches ought to be preserved, and independent judges." The New Hampshire legislators agreed -except...
...speech in July, and for policy articles carrying his byline in magazines and newspapers. Win or lose, he is determined to market his ideas. His forces are maneuvering to gain a majority on the Republican Platform Committee. When it meets the week before the August convention, it may well adopt Reagan-sponsored planks opposing abortion, the exchange of ambassadors with China, and further negotiations over the future of the Panama Canal. Even if Ford squeezes out the nomination, he may be stuck with a platform promising to undo some of his own policies...
...making imports more costly. In fact, the most recent forecasts by the staff of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris suggest that such a division may be coming. The Administration would like to head it off by encouraging the nations with more serious inflation problems to adopt the policies necessary to slow down soaring prices...
Batches of Babies. The anguish of Viet Nam lingers-for the American families seeking to adopt the children they have come to love, and for an unknown number of Vietnamese parents now seeking to regain custody of children they sent to the U.S. as "orphans" to spare them from a possible bloodbath or starvation. Operation Babylift was created out of humanitarian motives on all sides. Yet it has left a legacy of uncertainty, considerable bitterness-and a legal situation as tangled as the emotions that swirled around the war itself...