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...California, which the pros judge an excellent political climate for a Lindsay TV campaign. One advantage to Aurelio's reassignment is that Lindsay risks little. If response is poor, he can gracefully withdraw, rather than drop out with a thud à la Harris. The more likely probability is an all-out run for the nomination choreographed by Aurelio, who engineered Lindsay's third-party mayoralty victory in 1969. Once that kind of machinery is in motion, it will be difficult to turn...
...situation on the borders of India and Pakistan, brought about by the civil conflict that has ravaged East Pakistan since last March and sent nearly 10 million refugees flooding into India. To cap the volcano before it strained India's economy beyond its limits or led to all-out war, Mrs. Gandhi was pinning her hopes...
...been the forerunner of U.S. military involvement, and despite the Nixon Doctrine, this could happen again. They were sharply opposed, for example, to the inclusion of $341 million in aid to sustain the shaky government of Premier Lon Nol in Cambodia. They were also angered at the Administration's all-out and successful effort to defeat the Cooper-Church amendment, which would have forbidden any use of U.S. funds in Indochina except to withdraw U.S. troops. This lost by only three votes as White House officials threatened a Nixon veto of the whole aid bill if the restrictive amendment...
...television speech railing against the Indians, whom he accused of "whipping up a war frenzy." Along their borders, east and west, both India and Pakistan massed troops. Both defended the action as precautionary, but there was a real danger that a minor border incident could suddenly engulf the subcontinent in ...
...competitive scramble, there are strict limits on the extent to which the industry can cut back or discount its posted prices. The recent settlement with the United Steel Workers will cost more than $1 billion in extra wages and fringe benefits during the first year alone-effectively precluding any all-out price...