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...improve relations with the Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe. The U.S. objective is to encourage political liberalization and relative independence inside the East bloc. Part of the reason for actively pursuing that goal is Washington's hope that some day Moscow will find itself with more to worry about close to home, and thus be less inclined to stir up trouble far away, in Africa, for instance...
Some of those close to the President see a man wielding power who is struggling now as much with himself as with an angry world. How to get information? What sources to believe? Whom to consult? When to act? What to say? Which of his staff to unleash? Which to restrain...
...supporters in Illinois have adopted a savvy approach to politicking. The usually nonpartisan League of Women Voters has joined the ERA backers. The women of the League have hired three of the state's toughest lobbyists, one of them, Gerald Shea, a former Illinois house majority leader who has close ties to the Chicago Democratic machine...
...Okla., hospital official admits: "We come dangerously close to spending more to control the flow of money and comply with guidelines than we actually get from grants." Califano has managed to cut an estimated 9.5 million hours from the 47 million hours a year that are spent on HEW forms, but he admits that it is hard to notice the difference. Says Education Commissioner Ernest Boyer: "The problem is that you have five people in one town who are affected and 50 in another, and they never get together to celebrate. It's not noticeable because it's so spread...
...Oaks, the plush Harvard-owned estate outside Washington, for a wedding reception for Rep. John Brademas '49 (D-Ind.), the House majority whip. Despite the fact that large garden parties are bad for the estate's famous tree-lined garden. Bok apparently felt that Brademas--a former Overseer and close friend of "Harvard's Congressman," Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr.--could be trusted not to import a pack of restless dachsunds. "We figured, what the heck, it wasn't costing Harvard any money," Bok said...