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...brunt of this criticism was felt more acutely by Shad Northshield than anyone else at NBC, for he alone was responsible for NBC's coverage of events outside the convention hall. And to him it was all a bit perplexing...
...selected to launch Soc Sci 5 at Harvard--and the man bearing the brunt of the criticism--is Professor Frank Freidel, 52, senior member of the History Department and noted Franklin D. Roosevelt biographer. Freidel, approached both by members of Afro and by the faculty committee last spring, abandoned his plans to teach a course this year on the New Deal and accepted the draft. After soliciting recommendations from black students and other faculty members, Freidel spent a summer on Cape Cod gathering together his lecture material and drawing up a reading list...
Imbalance of Firepower. Cairo's evident intent was to restore Egypt's status among its Arab neighbors as their leading belligerent, and to answer Jordan's complaint that it has borne the brunt of Israeli reprisals. Egypt's newly aggressive stance indicates that its rehabilitated armed forces, if not yet ready for another war, are now confident enough to challenge the Israelis shot for shot at times...
That did not affect men over 20, whose unemployment rate remained steady at a slim 2.3%. Bearing the brunt are the 13.5 million out-of-school youths aged 16-to-21 who are looking for a summer job. The Labor Department figures that only 11.5 million of them will find jobs of any sort. One reason is that, despite big draft calls and a booming economy, such perennial employers of student power as construction and retail trades are soft. Even political campaigns, which absorb many young volunteers, are not taking up the slack...
...teasing, outwitting, and anticipating his opponents. Ford does, however, work easily with Pusey in the President's low-keyed, deliberate style, and the two men have great mutual respect. Ford thinks the President is a "courageous" man and cities a number of examples where Pusey has quietly accepted the brunt of public criticism in order to protect another party...