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...Washington William Casey, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, recently told a House subcommittee that he has found much common ground with Europe; he believes that "our relationships with the European Community are moving in the right direction." In Brussels last week, Sir Christopher Soames, a vice president of the Common Market Commission, amply justified Casey's optimism. Speaking to a conference of European and U.S. business leaders organized by TIME, he went out of his way to reassure the Americans on two hot trade issues: preferential trade agreements and what are called "reverse preferences...
...continues to be one. The central figure of the present book is Brian Casey, a gifted Irish-American Senator who wants, or seems to want, to be President. A peculiarity of the novel is that Casey's character becomes progressively less vivid and distinct as the narration advances, until by the last page he has totally disappeared from view. This is no accident, and, in fact, Sheed may have hit on the perfect literary device to portray the evolution of that strange political subspecies-public illusionists, private delusionists-whose members become candidates for the U.S. presidency...
...technique is extremely tricky, however, and the view here is that Sheed to some extent has fumbled. The novel comes in two sections. The first is a recollection by Casey himself of his school and college years, the second a view of Casey's presidential campaign recorded by a priggish young Ivy League speechwriter who is both beguiled and disgusted by the candidate. The problem with this arrangement is that the speechwriter, Sam Perkins, is not really intelligent or substantial enough to be a good observer. The reader does not want Casey to be explained-at the core...
...Cook feels any pressure, however, it is not readily apparent. Only two weeks after taking over from Casey, who became Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Cook is serving notice that he too will be an activist, but of a different kind. Instead of a machine-gun fire of new ideas, he indicates, Wall Street for a while can expect intensified pressure to complete the reforms that Casey began. "The pipeline is already full of Casey ideas," he explains, "and the task now is to move some of them through. My old division [the SEC division of market regulation...
...Nebraska banker, who went to Washington 18 months ago with a standard Republican background as a securities lawyer, plans one change within the SEC's 1,500-man staff: haircuts for some of the shaggy-locked, walrus-mustached young lawyers who were attracted to the commission by Casey's go-go reputation. Cook insists that he does not care what his mod squad looks like in the office, but "they cannot go into court with their hair hanging below their ears." Despite that stand, his appointment has been as well received by the commission staff...