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...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...
...Western interests" that Kissinger sees threatened by radical movements in South Africa are first and foremost Western business interests. In Chile and in Vietnam, it was blatantly obvious that Kissinger was more concerned with protecting U. S. capital than protecting democracy, more interested in defending profits than defending human rights. In spite of superficial differences, the same is true of his policies in Southern Africa...
...Verité. "I may not be the best adman in the country," says the rumpled, easy-mannered Rafshoon, "but I am the foremost authority on Jimmy Carter in terms of advertising and how it best suits him." The collaboration between the two goes back to 1966, when Rafshoon handled Carter's unsuccessful race for the Georgia Governor's mansion. This year, with the aid of just two writers, two airtime buyers and a tiny office staff, Rafshoon waged a year-long ad blitz in 38 states to win his man the Democratic nomination, preparing and airing commercials without...
...tune-up, the Crimson's participation in the Toski Invitational for the first time is meant to pay homage to the Toski clan of Bob, Jack, Tom and Ben, who have been a driving force behind golf in New England. Bob Toski, who is the game's foremost teacher and whom Donovan calls "the pro's pro," won the Greater Hartford Open when he was a regular on the pro tour in the 1950s...
...world's foremost authorities on modern China, associate professor of Government Ross G. Terrill, may have to leave Harvard next year because he did not receive an offer of tenure from the Government Department...