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...doing, he also destroyed some once sacrosanct myths and shibboleths. The result in the U.S. was a greater sense of reality and of scaled-down expectations; given the temper of the times he inherited, that was mostly to the good. The ultimate judgment of his presidency will depend on how he manages to live within the new reality he himself tried to define?and on whether history accepts his definition...
...still be pouring out dollars-and without the support of the myth that the dollar could never be devalued. Devaluation was inevitable, but it will succeed only if the U.S. stops inflation and reinvigorates its economy. On such considerations the value of any nation's money must finally depend...
...meantime had left troops strung out in perilously thin numbers along the road. The North Vietnamese counterattacked at the town of Rumlong, 30 miles south of Kompong Thorn on Route 6, an important crossroads for the eastward flow of supplies on which the Communist forces in eastern Cambodia depend...
...earnings and prestige depend on success...
...Senate passed a bill to start up a far-reaching $2 billion-a-year federal program for children that would include day-care and medical services. It would be free to poor families; the cost to other families would depend upon income. The bill is one of the few important pieces of social legislation produced by the 92nd Congress. A House vote is planned this week. The White House has left open the possibility of a veto because of the eventual cost of the program, but the President risks the wrath of the mothers of the land...