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...President needs a comeback to dispel an accumulation of woes that some are already describing as a "crisis of confidence" in his leadership. This is not the view at the White House. Instead, as one aide puts it. "there is a sense of changing gears; there is a considerable mood of turning." Is the President, after his private reading of the election returns, preparing to turn in a more liberal direction? Said one: "We think our domestic program is moderate already...
...players feel," explained captain Dale Dover, "that we want to dispel the image that basketball players can't be political. That's true on the court, but off the court, its an entirely different story...
...feel it is incumbent upon us to liberate the following information in order to dispel some of the rumors current in the community concerning candidates for the presidency of the University. The offer of Thomas P. Hoving on permanent loan from the City of New York has been refused with thanks. Charlie Wong declined the appointment, muttering something about dirty linen. Oscar Handlin has said that he prefers to remain in a position of real power. Sidney Hook's public statement-that he would not accept the appointment because the necessity of putting theory into practice would limit his academic...
...Yorkers choking in smog-filled streets or caged like cattle in screeching subways. I saw the poor strangling in the disease and dirty ugliness of the slums. It became acutely clear to me that no amount of legislation or education will ever dispel completely the force of ingrained racial prejudice and that no degree of virtue among the enlightened will extinguish the evil that breeds wars...
...Thailand: With the Administration eager to get Thai troops involved in the defense of Cambodia, and the Thais displaying no haste to do so, Agnew will have a job on his hands to dispel doubts about Nixon's intentions. "They get nervous whenever somebody on the Hill says something disparaging, although it isn't the Administration that's speaking," a White House aide said...