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...critics ruefully concede. Despite thunderous criticism of his intervention in the Dominican Republic, the President's swift application of military strength followed by an intense diplomatic campaign proved, in the end, a successful maneuver. He has also applied indirect pressure with superb efficacy. Twice he used it to avert a war over Cyprus. His historic hot-line exchange with Kosygin during the Arab-Israeli War contained that conflict on terms acceptable to both the U.S. and Russia. Johnson's artful cajolery ended the rail crisis in 1964, and his masterful manipulation of Congress in the early days of his presidency...
...Educational broadcasting was given a boost with the establishment of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which will subsidize noncommercial broadcast operations. - Terms for settling the national railroad strike were dictated after repeated extensions of the strike deadline failed to avert a stoppage...
...Year, so I'll have to name two: Dr. Norman Borlaug, the agricultural scientist who has developed a dwarf wheat that can give mankind a 20-year respite from famine; and Dr. Alan Guttmacher, head of Planned Parenthood-World Popu lation, which hopes to avert this famine by curtailing population growth...
Earlier reports indicated attempts were being made to avert civil war. Behind the scene of troop movements and formal government changes, according to Washington reports, representatives of the King and leaders of the junta were conducting negotiations...
...capital control: tariff walls, trade wars and isolationist trade blocs. While these projected consequences have unpleasant economic results, the political reverberations could be awesome. We are marching steadily toward a dangerous confrontation between the rich and poor nations of this small planet. Together, the U.S. and Europe can avert tragedy. But without the cohesion of the Atlantic region, the peace and prosperity-indeed the ultimate survival-of mankind could be in dire jeopardy. We are approaching a crossroads of profound importance...