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...Notwithstanding Senator Margaret Chase Smith's proposed constitutional amendment to expel Senators who miss more than 40% of the Senate's votes [March 6], I think a simpler, more effective solution would be to dock the $42,500 salary of any errant Senator on a graduated scale. The more votes he missed, the more he would be docked. At least it might give some of us harried taxpayers struggling with our 1040s a bit of satisfaction and perhaps remind some of those political princes of the good old American tradition of no work...
...trying to achieve an interim Middle East peace agreement, the U.S. often resembles a sheep dog straining to keep its flock together: as fast as one errant lamb is maneuvered back into line, another one darts away. Last year Washington conceived the idea of "proximity discussions," in which the Egyptians, who refuse to negotiate directly with the Israelis, could do so through a third party, probably U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Sisco. When the idea was first proposed last year, Egypt agreed but Israel held out. Secretary of State William Rogers had proposed a six-point plan...
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...apprehension underscored by the errant current lingers. "Our tomorrow is like a large elephant," says Businessman Kazuo Matsuoka, "and we are like blind people trying to figure out its proportions by touch." Tokyo's foremost futurologist, Professor Shinkichi Eto of Tokyo University, believes that he has some idea of the dimensions. Eto's projection: "The most probable course for Japan to follow will be for her to drop the growth rate [from 11.1% in the 1960s] to 5% in the 1970s. That level will be maintained through the '80s and '90s. By the final decade of this century, Japan will...
While the Crimson offense was failing to come up with the big plays, the defense improved greatly over its performance in the Holy Cross game. The secondary picked off four errant Husky passes and allowed Northeastern only nine completions...