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Less than a year ago, politicians in both parties were predicting that the economy would be Richard Nixon's Achilles' heel in the election campaign. But as the 1972 economy moves into its second half, the outlook continues to brighten so steadily that the Democrats may have to stick to issues like tax reform and income redistribution...
...campaign began, antitobacco fervor swept through Mauriac. Gaily colored banners proclaiming IT is POSSIBLE TO STOP SMOKING, EMANCIPATE YOURSELF IN FIVE DAYS began to brighten the dreary walls of lava stone buildings. Merchants reported a rush on licorice drops, peanuts, chewing gum, after-dinner mints and other tobacco substitutes. A man of God?his own flesh too weak to relinquish the weed completely?preached a sermon of support from his pulpit in the town's basilica. "I am not one of the courageous 155," acknowledged Father Leon Dumas. "But I have rationed myself down from ten to five cigarettes...
Despite labor's spoiler tactics, the panel made progress, the economy picked up, Nixon's chances for re-election seemed to brighten. Thus Meany's position as a "team member" on the board became untenable. He has made no secret of his earnest desire to block Nixon's reelection. The rejection of the dock settlement was the last best chance to quit in high dudgeon, and Meany took...
...year ago, when he was promoted from Washington bureau chief to become the youngest managing editor in the Chicago Tribune's 125-year history, Russell Freeburg, then 47, seemed the certain heir to Editor Clayton Kirkpatrick, 57. His mission was to help brighten up the staid Trib and check its long circulation slide, from 868,000 to 745,000 in the past decade. Last week Freeburg resigned abruptly from one of the top jobs in journalism, explaining that he wanted "to do things faster than the corporate management wanted to move." His successor is Maxwell McCrohon, 43, an amiable...
...edited nearly 30 more as chief of TIME'S World section since mid-1969. Writers for the Review should find Kriss a moderately heavy but craftsmanlike editor with a gift for clarifying complex issues and an eye for the small but telling detail that can brighten a story. Colleagues have become accustomed to a quick temper that he claims is "like a tropical storm-it clears the air and is soon forgotten...