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...ahead, the Snake River spooled around a long, grassy bend and then out of sight. From where Bing Lempke stood, waist-deep in the jade current, he had an uninterrupted view of several hundred yards of open water. His eyes had settled there, sweeping across the riffles and eddies for the dimple of a rising fish...
MITI has had more success with dampening competition in declining industries. In many cases, the government has been willing to bend its antitrust laws to permit cooperation among companies. When the shipbuilding business started to sag in the 1970s, MITI allowed the firms to form a cartel that would share orders. In that way, the decline was evenly distributed. The strategy gave the companies time to diversify, while gradually reducing their production. MITI is now encouraging the formation of similar cartels in the paper, petrochemical and aluminum industries...
...admen's norm in clothing, speech and thought. No, the world since women's lib has become a terrifying jungle for nice guys who never did anyone any harm; nowadays they can't even watch television without fearing that the Amazons will burst in, hunting hapless creatures to bend to their incomprehensible whim and will...
...stayed patiently with the discussion. Glenn's strengths, in many ways, are also his weaknesses. His refusal to bend, his lack of political cleverness, his stands on principle over narrow objectives make his candidacy both uplifting and risky. Can this gutty loner reach out to people and build coalitions? Can this fussy perfectionist form a Government and make it work? These are questions that people are entitled to ask themselves about a man who wants to be President. John Glenn, war hero, space hero, champion vote getter, for the past 40 years a veritable Mr. America, still must show...
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago, at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.: "I urge Notre Dame to be in the forefront of peacemaking studies. What better way would there be to take seriously Jesus' mandate: Blessed are the peacemakers! Addressing the contemporary questions of peace and war in a scholarly fashion and in the context of our Christian teaching and tradition would be a great service both to the Catholic community and the wider society. Another important agent in this task of shaping a community of conscience is you. I urge you to lend your...