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DIED. George Lichty, 78, creator and cartoonist (from 1932 to 1974) of the satirical Grin and Bear ft, syndicated at its peak in more than 300 newspapers; of a heart attack; in Santa Rosa, Calif. His distinctive one-panel series was neither comic strip nor editorial cartoon, though his jokes grew more topical. One regular character, the bombastic Senator Snort, was a favorite of President Harry Truman, who owned twelve original Lichty cartoons...
...diplomats bear their share of responsibility for many of the crossed signals. They have shown a troubling tendency to ignore Japanese interests when making major decisions. The most notable example occurred in 1971, when, without advance warning, President Nixon devalued the dollar and slapped a 10% surcharge on all dutiable imports to the U.S. Two years later, the U.S. limited the export of all soybeans in order to avert a livestock feed-grain shortage, without realizing that this would cause concern in Japan, where soybeans are a principal source of protein...
Only twice in his life, indeed, has Hirohito publicly displayed emotion: in 1936, when the military assassinated two of his most trusted aides, and again in 1945, when he announced Japan's surrender by declaring, with broken-voiced dignity, "We must bear unbearable...
...manufacturers have replied that they are indeed concerned about visual fatigue and have made suggestions on how to modify environmental conditions like glare. Until employers agree to institute those changes, however, some VDT users may just have to squint and bear...
...When a scandal is legitimately grave, all that is worth enduring. If a scandal is overblown, however, the nation is subjected to a deplorable, unnecessary burden. Politics and government are arts of compromise, of weighing one concern against another. Those who place ethical absolutism above all other interests should bear that in mind...