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...allay such fears, Caramanlis revealed that he had agreed to become Premier only after being promised that "the armed forces would return to their duties and not in any way interfere with the policymaking of my government...
Critical Stage. In his televised inaugural speech, Caramanlis seemed to go out of his way to allay the military's fear that reforms would get out of hand. Urging his countrymen to be patient, he stated, "The transitory stage between dictatorship and full restoration of democracy is always critical." He mentioned nothing about elections or when martial law would be lifted...
Finally, to allay fear and diffuse emotion regarding Athletics, I propose a predictable and comfortable yardstick in fiscal policy. Participation in and quality of women's athletics is growing throughout the society and the number of undergraduate women is reaching toward a 2.5 to 1 quota under present policy. $120 per capita (for operational and B&G costs) out of each undergraduate women's tuition will not destroy men's programs nor should this prospect panic anyone. The $120 is top dollar for some years to come. Mary G. Paget Assistant for Radcliffe to the Director of Athletics
Ever since the Weimar Republic, with its short-lived Cabinets and chronic crises, collapsed in the face of Nazism, Germans have worried about their ability to build a stable, democratic political system. The latest political crisis to confront the Federal Republic should do much to allay those fears. Less than two weeks after Willy Brandt stunned his countrymen by suddenly resigning as Chancellor, a new government was functioning smoothly in Bonn. Last Thursday, in the modern and austere Bundestag chambers, Social Democrat Helmut Schmidt, 55, took the oath as West Germany's fifth Chancellor...
...from certain. Because the Socialists and Communists constitute less than half of the French electorate, he cannot win on the second ballot unless he gains the support of a large number of Frenchmen who have traditionally feared what might happen if Communists came to power. Mitterrand has tried to allay these fears by portraying himself as a responsible statesman and has stressed his commitment to civil liberties. But at a press conference last week, Mitterrand conceded that if elected, he would appoint Communists to Cabinet posts in his government...