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On policy matters, Kissinger was impressed at times by Nixon's pragmatism in world affairs, but feared that he was not sophisticated enough to make the really complex policy decisions without help. "If the President had his way, we'd have a nuclear war every week," Kissinger sometimes...
President Bok said this week that the financial well-being of Harvard is a "fundamental long-term problem." "Harvard is more fortunate than many other institutions but it is now imperative that we must work very hard to control expenses, plan more carefully, and raise more money in order to...
Only in recent weeks has Ambassador Walter Stoessel (who is said to be suffering from anemia and eye hemorrhaging) been briefing embassy staffers on the situation. Rumors that the waves can cause leukemia, sterility in males or birth defects are circulating around the embassy. But morale remains good, nobody has...
Despite all the adverse comment, the Nixon trip cannot simply be ignored in Washington. The ex-President, after all, is the first American to discuss policy with China's newly named Acting Premier Hua. He also received the most detailed briefing yet given to anyone on the meaning of...
The subcommittee chairman, Representative James Burke of Massachusetts, has lined up more than 100 co-sponsors for a bill that would raise the wage base, use general revenue money, and cut the payroll tax rate from the present 5.85% to 3.9%. But he faces stiff opposition. President Ford at his...