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...leadership capacity was again being debated because of his hesitation in firing Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz for making an obscene, racist remark...
...Dapper" hanging on his office wall. A friend of YAF "When they were kids," O'Neill says he dislikes the John Birch Society although "a lot of the things they said are coming true." During the day I spent with him his only unsolicited comment on national politics concerned Earl Butz: "He shouldn't have resigned, he was only telling the truth...
...always interesting to see what government officials say when they think the American people aren't listening. One good example is the recently-published racist remark of Earl Butz. Many others came out during the Vietnam War--for instance, presidential advisor McGeorge Bundy's 1965 statement that "the imperium must first and foremost go to war to support its imperial representatives. Such tautological reasoning lies at the foundation of the imperial role." (reprinted in The Chicago Sun-Times, 7/11/71). What those in power say in private often contrasts sharply with the public image they would like to create...
...James Earl Carter III, 26, known as "Chip," was out in front of the main gate at the Bell Helicopter plant in Hurst, Texas, grinning at the workers and shaking hands, being careful to squeeze a mite harder than the other person-an old pol's trick to ease the wear and tear on himself. "Hi, Chip," one worker nodded pleasantly. "I heard you was gonna be here." Replied Carter: "We sure do need your help in November." Chip has been home only six times for brief visits during the past year, but, unlike his father, he still finds...
Museum Piece. The initiation rite carries the cachet of having been quilled in the 17th century by the Earl of Rochester (Tynan unearthed parts of it in the archives of the Victoria and Albert Museum). Other notable contributors include 19th century French Symbolist Poet Paul Verlaine, French Playwright Eugene Ionesco and Tynan himself. As director, Tynan chose another Calcutta alumnus, Clifford Williams, formerly of the Royal Shakespeare Company...