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Alvin H. Hansen, former Littauer Professor of Political Economics and one of America's foremost Keynesian economics, died in Alexander. Va. Friday. He was 87 years...
...even turn out--if Americans are watchful--that President Ford was right, that the evacuation of Americans from Saigon closed "a chapter in the American experience." But for all its profound repercussions for the rest of the world, Tuesday's triumph belongs to the Vietnamese, first and foremost. To focus on the repercussions would be perverse, in the way that it was sick to talk of the Vietnam War as an American tragedy, creating turmoil and division in the United States, while Vietnam endured an American onslaught and a barrage of bombs unprecedented in the history of the world...
...wants to play the American card," explains a Syrian official. "We need to become friends with the friends of our enemy. This will hurt our enemy." Assad is also cozying up to the enemies of his enemy. He has proposed a joint Syrian-Palestinian command and made himself the foremost champion of the fedayeen, moves that give him a strong bargaining hand in any negotiations about a peace settlement...
...personnel. The atmosphere is a far cry from the days of Pioneer Trippe's preeminence. Even after he resigned as chairman in 1968, nominations to the board were routinely submitted to Trippe for approval; he preferred men who cut an elegant figure, either romantic or old-school-tie. Foremost among them: the late Charles Lindbergh...
Getaway Plans. Defying the odds, a few American companies continue to operate in Saigon. Among them: San Francisco-based Foremost-McKesson, which runs the capital's only dairy. Foremost will keep the plant running, said President William Morison, "as long as whatever government they have there allows us to." Chase's branch manager returned to Saigon, at least temporarily, after embassy officials promised that he and other bank employees would have equal priority with government personnel if and when it came time to run. Pan American last week managed to operate two scheduled flights into Saigon, even though...