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...President. One can find little organic intellectual connection between his faith and his politics." Wills quotes Arthur Schlesinger as saying. But if being Catholic has no effect on what one thinks or how one acts, then of what importance is Catholicism? The answer to Wills's question can only disturb those who tried to synthesize pragmatic liberalism in the Sixties style with Catholic faith. It couldn't be done...
...need for balancing the large against the little will continue to be an issue that will disturb bankers and their Government regulators. The most promising trend, in the view of Willard Rappleye, editor of the influential American Banker, is the rise of medium-sized, highly profitable regional banks with assets of $1 billion or so. These institutions, especially in Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, Florida and Texas, have gained strong positions in their areas, largely through shrewd acquisitions by their holding companies of independent banks and mortgage companies. Unlike the $20 billion giants, the medium-sized regional banks are small enough...
...respect Ted's political skills, the pros wonder if he has the character to survive the long pull of presidential politics. Even casual gossip, which they would dismiss if it concerned another man, makes them edgy when it involves Kennedy. There are occasional rumors of girl chasing that disturb his fellow Democrats. About his general restlessness, one party elder muses: "There's something for psychiatry here." Another Democrat feels that Ted is "trouble-prone." Says a longtime Senate comrade: "He's got a fine future if he can keep his snoot clean...
Cost-Push. Kosters joined with the firm conviction that controls should be aimed at "cost-push" inflation-the type that results when wages and prices drive each other up in a rising spiral. He insisted that controls disturb the free market as little as possible. Kosters' first stand was to argue-successfully-for exempting whole categories of prices, including many rents and most secondhand items. "Take used cars," he says. "They are not part of the production process...
...even need legislation before doing anything," said Robert Bowyer, chief of the Cambridge Planning Office, referring to an 1836 law which forbids any action that might "disturb" the Common. "The Common has been wrapped up in legal things since Colonial days...