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...needed action was political as much as financial, and Beame had already proved himself a likable but inadequate representative of the old clubhouse politics. A former city controller, he juggled figures with such dexterity that almost nobody could ascertain exactly what was available to pay what deficits. When the banks demanded specific cost-cutting measures as the price of further investments, Beame waffled and wavered and cried that the city was being degraded. His own board of estimate held at least two strategy meetings without even telling Beame, and when he heard about them, he could only protest, "What...
Though almost everyone was tuned in to the televised spectacular, it was difficult to ascertain how many were really turned on by the mission. One woman who had ventured into the big GUM department store near Red Square at launch time to buy a TV set grumbled that the crowds kept her from the sales counter. Asked what he thought of Soyuz's successful liftoff, a stroller along Gorky Street replied: "Oh, has it all started?" A man absorbed in a chess game in a nearby park was just as blasé. "Chess is more difficult," he shrugged...
Until historians ascertain what additional facts and alternatives, if any, were available to President Ford, they cannot complete their evaluation of the Mayaguez crisis other than to commend the courage of our armed forces. But clearly, they will not compare this incident to the Cuban missile crisis-a potential nuclear confrontation between two superpowers that was ultimately resolved through delicate negotiations without the U.S. firing a single shot or losing more than a single man. J.F.K., unlike Ford, supported by every nation in the affected area and acting with caution and candor, avoided a direct clash, utilized...
...President's office might then by careful research and factfinding through discussion with the faculty as a body and with its leaders and other members ascertain just what the areas of adjustment and maladjustment are, as of now. The feedback from such open factfinding is basic to sound procedure...
...second and third units did not get in much playing time so it is hard to determine how well they fared. Its performance will ascertain how much depth Harvard will have this year. These units will probably get in a lot of action in next Thursday's intra-squad scrimmage at Soldiers Field...