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Since the escalation in Cambodia, it seems that Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger's social life has de-escalated accordingly. Washington Hostess (and spirited dove) Barbara Howar, with tongue partly in cheek, has threatened a unilateral withdrawal from their once flourishing alliance. "I told Henry that I'll be glad to see him any time he wants me to help him clear out his desk at the White House," chides Barbara. "Nothing will kill a romance faster than a land war in Asia...
...Each of us spoke to Henry at least once," the member reported. "Michael Walzer [professor of Government], told him that as an old dove, he was impressed by the intensity of the concern of us old government boys. Gerry Holton [professor of Physics] talked generally about the lack of restraint in Nixon's policies. Adam [Yarmolinsky, professor of Law] questioned the credibility in Saigon of the withdrawal strategy...
...associate dean of the Kennedy School, former assistant director of the budget), Adam Yarmolinsky (law, advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson), Paul Doty (biochemistry, former member of the President's Science Advisory Committee), Konrad Bloch (biochemistry, Nobel laurcate), Frank Westheimer (chemistry), Gerald Holton (physics), and Michael Walzer (government, sterling dove credentials...
...House and the Senate. know how improper our policies are Congressman Ogden Reid is the sponsor of anti-war legislation in the House, and almost everyone knows that Senators Goodell and Javits are far from hawks. Even the Congressman in the district bordering mine-Richard Ottinger-is a dove. It was hard for me to believe that I could come from such a heavily-Republican area and still be this happy about my representatives. So the extent of my lobbying efforts with these men was a pep-talk note which I left in Reid's office while...
...know how old you were in 1955," he began almost immediately after mounting the steps of the fire escape on Laugdell Hall, "but that's when I became a dove. I'm sick of the damn...