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...Simpson, of the schools and scholarships committee, says despite the proximity of many of the club members, most of whom, he says, live and work within 1000 feet of each other, the really cohesive and identifiable group in town is not Harvard at all but the Princeton grads who exert a noticeable economic and social power. "If you put ten Princeton men and ten Harvard men in a room together, you'll be able to pick out the Princeton grads immediately," he explains...
...protection of Executive privilege against disclosure of information on his Administration's decisions, hobbling the ability of Congress to see that laws were being properly enforced and programs carried out. And despite deepening doubts about Nixon's Indochina war policies, Congress was making little effective effort to exert its power to start or stop wars...
...Communists, neutralists and token anti-Communists that would undoubtedly be dominated by the pro-Communist P.R.G. Nobody in Minh's camp believes that the Communists can be denied the lion's share of power, but a few believe that a political settlement will enable the non-Communists to exert some influence. "You can hope to have a solution that will give an opportunity to the non-Communist side to prepare for a new life," says a Minh adviser. "Forming a neutralist regime in the South is better for its non-Communists than the results of a military victory...
Jefferson's yeoman farmer and today's middle American are both on the outside looking in. But the corporations also exert their influence directly, through the authoritarian organization of the shop. Working people in this country, according to Rifkin, are told what to do on the job and off the job. Because so few Americans are self-employed now this corporate influence is greater than the East India Tea Company could ever have dreamt back in the eighteenth century. Rifkin links the two struggles with these gems from Thomas Jefferson...
...providing massive arms aid to favored Arab nations. With this slogging, farsighted policy, the Soviets clearly hope to establish a swath of influence from Syria to Somalia extending far into the Indian Ocean. If and when the Geneva talks resume, the Kremlin will be able to exert influence on an impressive ar ray of actual and potential Middle East allies. Items...