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...about 3 a.m., when I eased my way into the bedroom, trying not to awaken Fran. After a moment she stirred...
Carter has other potential problems. In his Georgetown address, Kennedy finally let his liberal colors fly as he grasped for policies to set him apart from Carter. The speech may not have picked up any new votes but it did awaken a national press corps that clearly looks to the left. (The press has recently focused more on Kennedy's prolems than on his criticisms of the President but this could change as Kennedy puts some ideological distance between himself and the President...
...Neill himself. Iran? Afghanistan? Not at all. A "photo opportunity" with the chairperson of the National Alliance for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse-none other than Sophia Loren, in oversize sunglasses and simple red dress. Said she: "We need help, a lot of help, to awaken the world's consciousness to this sordid and persistent crime." Responded Jimmy Carter, as all those against child abuse crowded around: "One of the most beautiful chairpersons that I have ever had in the White House...
...Soviet invasion of Afghanistan [Jan. 14] been enough to awaken the sleeping giant? Get up! The country, or group of countries, that can best organize men and materials to its purposes is the one that gets to set the values. We've got the strength, but where's the will and purpose...
Both the Commodity Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade have been slow to awaken to the disruptive potential of a silver price explosion. To limit speculation in the metal, the New York market belatedly has sharply increased the margin requirement for investors. Since November, the Chicago market has limited to 600 per day the number of futures contracts that any individual can hold at one time...