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...vulnerability of the city, its political importance and the desire of both Rebels and redcoats to keep from destroying it will certainly affect Howe's tactics once his attack is launched. These factors have already profoundly affected Washington's defense. Howe, sources in London confirm, needs the city whole, as a center of flourishing Tory trade and power in the Colonies. He also wants it for winter quarters and as a base from which his forces may push up Hudson's River. If in the process of taking the city, he can capture Washington's Army...
Washington, just south of the King's Bridge. The extent to which such devices may hinder British naval action is doubtful. If Washington is also doubtful, he is not the kind of leader to share his fears with an already wavering public. Washington's aides would neither confirm nor deny the dramatic rumor that Sir William Howe has thus far delayed his attack only because he is expecting the imminent arrival (probably this week) of his brother Admiral Lord Howe with another vast fleet-about 150 vessels and some 10,000 men. Also expected are the Hessian mercenaries...
...CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS responded by polarizing the situation. The DC, throughout the campaign, flatly rejected the possibility of any coalition which involved the PCI, and the party secretary, Zaccagnini, went so far as to state that "not to confirm the DC as the indispensable governing party would severely compromise the future of democracy in Italy." This line of attack was supported by the Vatican (over the protests of leftist Catholics, including many of the clergy) and favored by the Ford administration (though not by US Embassy Press Attache William Lenderking, transferred to Bangkok because he advocated a more flexible policy with...
What is happening at West Point this spring seems to confirm the findings of a study of the honor code released last October by the Federal Government's General Accounting Office, which acts as an investigating agency for Congress. The G.A.O. study said "the toleration clause" is one of the biggest problems for the members of the corps, and the longer a cadet stays at West Point, the more tolerant he tends to become of wrongdoing. Some cadets felt that maintaining a friendship is more important than reporting a fellow student and that the penalty of banishment from West...
...post-midnight conversation went something like this: Me: "Mr. Rosenthal, I want to write this story as soon as possible. Could I see you early tomorrow morning to confirm some things you said tonight and ask some additional questions...