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...basis of debate is argument. But this quality was strangely missing in the Reagan-Anderson debates of last month and the Carter-Ford debates of 1976. The problem lies in the fact that we depend on a panel of journalists to prod the candidates into discussion. No journalists should be present at Presidential debates. We should let the candidates tell each other when they are hypocritical, inaccurate or misleading...
...much federal departments and agencies can spend after Dec. 15 will depend on the lame-duck session of Congress; and though it likely will pass some appropriations bills, it probably will have to put through another continuing resolution to enable much of the Government to function. The session will be attended by some 40 Senators and Representatives who are retiring, plus many others who will have been defeated for reelection. If Carter is reelected, Congress will stall until he can shape his plans for a second term. If Reagan wins, Congress will also stall, until the new President gets...
...basis of their future promise than on their past performance. Last year, for example, he appointed Bernard B. Winograd, 28, corporate treasurer. A determined Agee told TIME: "Our policy is, and will continue to be, to promote the most qualifed people." His further success at Bendix, however, may depend on whether he can outlast the water-cooler gossipers...
...junta sank rapidly in public esteem when it adopted brutal but effective tactics against leftist terrorists. Says a Western diplomat in Ankara: "The generals' dilemma is that, if they repeat the strong-arm tactics of 1971, they will lose the good will of the West, on which they depend. But if they don't get tough, they could end up losing the country...
...strength of the economy will depend to a large degree on actions of the Federal Reserve Board in the weeks ahead. By sharply curbing the flow of money and credit last winter, the Fed severely crimped the ability of the economy to expand. Interest rates leaped to record levels of 20% or more, and the nation pitched into recession. By spring, the sky-high cost of money was threatening to cause a severe slump; the Fed then switched course and began pumping money back into the economy. Since then the money supply has been on a roller coaster ride...