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AFTER carefully investigating the boy's background, Honda decides to adopt him, convinced that this is his friend born still again. But lingering doubts remain: He is unable to ascertain the date of the princess's death, and fears that the boy may have been born too early...
...resurrected Cost of Living Council or some other body should also monitor the Government's own price behavior. As economists tirelessly point out, Government departments and regulatory agencies, in an effort to please narrow constituencies, often adopt policies that spur rather than slow inflation. For example, the Agriculture Department is now buying up $100 million worth of "excess" beef and pork in a deliberate effort to keep prices paid to farmers and feed-lot operators from dropping. Federal regulatory agencies often set railroad, truck and barge freight rates high enough to protect the most inefficient carriers from competitive damage...
...head of First National's international banking section, he helped turn a provincial institution into a worldwide banking power, is now the favorite to become the bank's next chairman. A monetary and economic conservative, Abboud considers himself "a liberal in social matters," advocates that the Government adopt an income floor below which no person would be allowed to fall...
...fractionally they veer from the center: Barry Goldwater and George McGovern stand condemned for their inability or unwillingness to come in from the extreme; Nelson Rockefeller is studied with fascination as he carefully calibrates his evolution away from seeming too liberal for his party. Senator Charles Percy, advised to adopt a similar course, recently objected that "a swing to the right would devastate my credibility." Such maneuvering, such manufacturing of new credentials by politicians in dogged pursuit of the shifting middle, adds to the current cynicism about office seekers. It also adds to the confusion about just what the middle...
When the six New England governors met in Boston in February, 100 sympathizers of the New England Prisoners Association picketed outside to oppose Curran's plan. The Governors Conference praised Curran, and referred his report it local officials for them to "review, evaluate and adopt" insofar as it seemed "applicable...