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...Sato's most farsighted moves has been to join Asian regional groupings (TIME Essay, Feb. 3), which do not commit Japan to an aggressive foreign policy but will probably involve the country with its Asian neighbors. One organization in which Japan already has a stake is the Manila-based Asian Development Bank, whose first president is a former government finance adviser, Takeshi Watanabe, 60. With its $200 million funding toward the 32-nation bank's $1 billion capitalization, Japan matched the U.S. contribution. Said Sato: "A cornerstone is now being laid by all of us to establish...
They voted to distribute "voluntary service cards" across the country, which would commit students to some kind of social service, like the Peace Corps or VISTA. These cards will some day replace draft cards, predicted Sherman B. Chickering, publisher of MODERATOR magazine, sponsor of the conference...
...Separate polls last week by the Associated Press and CBS each showed G.O.P. national committee men-or at least those who responded-preferring Nixon over Romney by 3-to-2 margins. The results, however, may be deceptive. "If you're really undecided and don't want to commit yourself this early," says Rhode Island's G.O.P. Committeeman Bayard Ewing, "what could be safer than being for Nixon...
Automatic Subsidy. While HEW Secretary John Gardner and President Johnson were prepublication boosters of the commission study, last week's budget message requested only a $20 million appropriation for ETV. As for the excise tax, neither the Administration nor congressional committees concerned would commit themselves, and such lobby groups as the Electronics Industries Association and the National Association of Broadcasters can hardly be expected to approve it. The commission, on the other hand, argues that the excise tax would amount to an automatic annual subsidy from federal funds without any direct governmental control...
When Gunman Dana Nash was tried in 1962 for killing a Chicago union official, the key witness against him was his nephew, William Triplett, who had helped him commit the murder. Nash knew that a prison psychiatrist had once diagnosed his nephew as "a true psychopath." To impeach Triplett's credibility, Nash asked the trial judge to order a psychiatric examination. The judge refused. After Nash received a sentence of 99 to 150 years, he appealed on the ground, among others, of this alleged error. By definition, he argued, a psychopath is a liar and "unworthy of belief...