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Rocky's Bid? Nelson Rockefeller's aides say that he is more than just mulling over his chances for the Republican nomination should Ford falter. In the next few months Rocky will try to flash into the public eye, making many "noncampaign" speeches on subjects ranging from federalism to the future of science, as well as traveling abroad as a Bicentennial good-will ambassador. His prospects seem close to zero, but he has one asset: the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign spending removed all limits on the amount of personal cash a candidate may spend as long...
...printing about 80% as much advertising as this time last year and picking up more lost ads every week. Even if the strike drags on and on−a strong possibility, said Post Publisher Katharine Graham in a letter to nonstriking employees−the Star's recovery could falter...
Wise men of both parties agree that the management problem is critical. Congress, of course, figures big in it, passing programs for the President to administer, refusing to change them or kill them when they falter. Still, there is room for presidential action in almost every area of administration. Ford has the power to cut personnel in the major departments, and he promised to pare those agencies. Yet, in his time in office, ten out of the eleven departments have grown larger. A lot of successful administrators could tell him that if he means business about conquering Big Government...
Everybody's second choice. That seems to be the presidential strategy of Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, 54, who has plans of emerging as the compromise nominee after the front runners falter and the Democratic Convention is deadlocked. A multimillionaire Texas businessman who is not given to quixotic pursuits, Bentsen has tried to hug the middle of the road more closely than any other candidate. A wobble either to the left or the right makes him distinctly uneasy. "Others are trying to move toward the middle of the party," he says. "But I don't have to move...
...doing so, the President is making a calculated economic and political bet. If it wins, the U.S. will take a long step toward energy self-sufficiency at a relatively low cost. If it fails and big increases fan rapid inflation, the recovery that gained momentum in July could well falter-just as the 1976 elections draw near...