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...until after Memorial Day. Thus Kissinger was spared the embarrassment of trying to talk tough from a substantially weakened position. His options in pressuring Tho to adhere to the peace accords, however, could soon be severely limited. As a diplomat in Paris observed last week, "Kissinger could use the carrot-and-stick technique-alternating the threat of more bombing with the prospect of American economic aid for the reconstruction of North Viet Nam. But now it looks as though Congress may withhold the carrot and take away the stick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDOCHINA: No Carrot, No Stick | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

...Carrot. One possible solution was proposed last week by Milliken and State Senator Gilbert Bursley of Ann Arbor, who drafted a bill that would increase state aid, but only if a district's voters agreed to increase their local school taxes. "This carrot," says Bursley, "may be enough for the voter to see the reward in voting for millage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Detroit's Schools Head Toward Disaster | 2/19/1973 | See Source »

...Carrot, Big Stick...

Author: By Percy Haughton, | Title: Resurgent Jox Face Crimson In Grudge Basketball Game | 2/10/1973 | See Source »

French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann: "Hope is re-born." The French national radio called the bombing halt "the best news of the end of 1972," but scorned Washington's carrot-and-stick tactics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Outrage and Releif | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

Durable Experts. Others believe that certain foods can prevent or control disease. Honey is supposed to help those with cancer, pumpkin seeds those with prostate trouble. Beet juice is believed to benefit the blood, while carrot juice, it is claimed, helps dissolve cancers and heal ulcers. There must be some advantages to eating properly. Septuagenarian Gayelord Hauser, who has been writing about health for almost 50 years, is still going strong. In fact, a number of such experts have proved durable. Carleton Fredericks, 62, still has a following as does Jonnie Lee MacFadden, widow of Physical Culturist Bernarr MacFadden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Perils of Eating, American Style | 12/18/1972 | See Source »

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