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...ground. Undaunted, Bezak brashly tried again from the airport, where the runway offered a longer takeoff stretch. The little plane finally wobbled into the air and Bezak circled the airfield a couple of times as if he were on a Sunday excursion. He flew first toward East Germany to allay suspicion, and then headed toward West Germany at the Zlin's maximum speed of 150 m.p.h...
Unspoken Implication. Connally's main job at the press conference was to allay the suspicions of A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany. Fearing above all that an unfriendly Republican Administration would overrule the wage decisions of a tripartite board, Meany had demanded that the Pay Board be completely independent of the Government. He had initially decided to cooperate with the program, but withdrew his support even as President Nixon was speaking Thursday night. Briefings of newsmen by White House aides had led Meany to believe that Connally's COLC would exercise veto power over the Pay Board...
Grotesque Charge. Bundy traveled down to Princeton for a meeting with Falk, some would say to allay his objections. Bundy insists, however, that the meeting was simply "to get to know someone I was interested in." Although the meeting was cordial, Falk and his supporters did not give up their opposition. Says Bundy of Viet Nam and his troubled appointment: "Obviously the returns in Viet Nam are tragic-tragic at home and tragic in Viet Nam. There has been tragic bloodshed-no worse than Korea, but there it is. I think it certainly can be argued that...
...dirty work of the McCarran Act without forcing the President to declare an embarrassing "state of insurrection." If anything, the blunt language of that law has become a liability. Mr. Kleindienst now recommends that Congress repeal Title II of the Act because such action would "allay the fears and suspicions-unfounded as they may be-of many of our citizens...
...recent article Dr. Bernard D. Davis, Lehman Professor of Bacterial Physiology, tried to allay public fear that advances in genetics might allow large-scale genetic control of humans and curtailment of personal freedom. His article "Prospects for Genetic Intervention in Man" appeared in the Dec. 18, 1970 issue of Science...