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...factor that allowed him to take such a stand is that he is a lame duck: he has pledged to step down as Foreign Minister once a Cabinet approved by parliament is named. In an interview for TIME with a Tehran-based journalist, Ghotbzadeh last week spoke with unusual candor about his suspicions of Soviet intentions, his skepticism about the prospects for Raja'i's government, and other matters. Excerpts...
...early July, shell-shocked pitchers watched him go on a 30-game hitting streak, hit safely in 39 of 41 games and compile a phenomenal .467 average for the period. He swings for singles, not for the fences, but in just 87 games has 91 runs batted in. With candor as refreshing as his playing style, Brett admits: "I keep telling myself that this can't go on, it has to end. It's like a dream. I hope I don't wake...
Carter's record of achievement is not a bare cupboard. There is civil service reform, airline, trucking and financial institutions deregulation, the Panama Canal treaties, restored relations with China, the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, and a commendable energy program on the books. As a symbol of personal integrity and candor, he is undimmed. A majority of Americans probably would still endorse most of the ideas he set forth in his first euphoric weeks, ideas for tax reform, national health care and Government reorganization. For the most part, Carter's farm program was a wonder, expanding exports and raising prices...
...beginning," he says. "I'm already poppin' the gray hairs. You got to be a 24-hour man in this business. I'm only 19, and damn, there are so many things I'd like to be doing." In a rare burst of youthful candor he says, "First thing I'll do when I turn pro is buy the best hi-fi set in the whole wide world." He hesitates, then adds, "No, that will be second. The first is to find my mother a house in Puerto Rico...
...White House tactic will be a "choke-them-with-candor operation," contended one senior presidential aide, in an unwitting reminder of the Nixon White House's deceitful "Operation Candor," launched as a desperate Watergate defense. But if the Republicans really want to "raise memories of things gone by," Powell warned, "it would be worthwhile to compare this to Watergate in detail. The President