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...hold the presidency to be of greater value than Anwar Sadat. To me Anwar Sadat is always Anwar Sadat, whatever the circumstances???a man who has no personal demands, and, if you wish for nothing, you will need nobody...
...Indeed, the blacks who looted during the New York blackout were totally nondiscriminatory, emptying out stores owned by blacks and whites alike. There is a strong feeling among social experts and politicians, both black and white, that much the same rampage could have struck any U.S. city in similar circumstances???and that next time it will be worse...
Last week Ford tried to seize control of the situation with a barrage of firings and hirings such as the nation had not seen before, with the exception?in very different circumstances???of the Saturday Night Massacre by the desperate Nixon Administration in 1973 (see following story). For Ford, the moves backfired?at least initially. To many Americans, his actions seemed abrupt, not to say panicky. Instead of strength and certainty, he conveyed the impression that he was bumbling and dominated by political motives...
...Mutual Balanced Force Reduction talks with Warsaw Pact Nations are successful), these troops will be stationed on the ground in the U.S. There will still be nuclear-equipped American forces in the air and under the sea; but the myth that this technologically sophisticated deterrent is invincible in all circumstances???particularly against a tough, dedicated, nontechnological foe?has been destroyed...
Following up this line later in the week, British Foreign Secretary "Uncle Arthur" Henderson made a concrete proposal: that Articles XII and XV of the League Covenant?which envision recourse to arms among member states in certain circumstances???be amended into harmony with the Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war and strengthened to give the League Council greater war-scotching potency...