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...traits that have recently helped Carter--his restraint and caution--could once again turn against him. Carter still has the problems he had as a candidate in 1976. Unlike Kennedy, he has no solid power base he can count on; Kennedy was beating him in the South 2-1 in October. If the hostages should die or events turn against him, Carter could be in trouble...
...long, organized crime figures and their political henchmen have operated as if the criminal justice system were meant to serve them and not the public. Stings are understandably a vital part of the crackdown. But that is all the more reason for the FBI to proceed with utmost caution and with deepest regard for due process. Only by so doing will its cases hold up in court-and in the court of public opinion...
...Kennedy went on to caution against exaggerating the importance of the crisis, and what he later called "war hysteria." Said he: "This is not the first abuse of Soviet power, nor will it be the last ... It is less than a year since the Vienna summit when President Carter kissed President Brezhnev on the cheek. We cannot afford a foreign policy based on the pangs of unrequited love." Kennedy cautioned against taking action in the Persian Gulf without the support of our allies. He warned against haste in adding new nuclear weaponry like the MX missile to the U.S. arsenal...
...operators are unperturbed. Says Deborah MacLean, manager of the Solarium Suntan Center in Worcester, Mass: "Look, there are no guarantees in life -you just do it in moderation." But she does caution those who bronze in the altogether that "anything exposed could burn," and suggests that they bring their own fig leaves...
...consider more direct and tough measures, although one Administration aide admitted that "we don't have any trump card that will force the Soviets out of Afghanistan." Carter realized that this crisis differed radically from that in Iran. If the hostage situation played to his strengths?patience, caution and carefully calibrated movements?the Soviet invasion called for something else. For guidance, Carter dusted off a 150-page analysis that had been prepared in 1968 by State Department experts on the possible U.S. reactions to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Reports TIME Correspondent Johanna McGeary: "The President was deeply struck...