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...against the pragmatism of cold-war survival. It matched the conspiratorial methods necessarily practiced by intelligence agencies against the emotionalism of young Americans who worship honesty. It aroused the outrage of many in the academic community who-mistakenly-regard CIA as an evil manipulator of foreign policy. And the furor showed again how readily Americans, who, while seldom acknowledging the quiet and generally successful performance of their intelligence community, will howl their indignation at the first hint of misjudgment...
...Reynolds, the No. 1 tobacco company, raised its 1966 earnings by 3.4% to a record $138 million-with a lot of help from sales of non-tobacco products (Hawaiian Punch juice, Chun King foods). Despite the health furor, there is plenty of fire in the company's smokes. Its Camels and Salems remained at the top of their markets, while Winston edged out American Tobacco's Pall Mall for the first time as the best-selling brand of any kind...
...President even alluded wryly to the furor over his rejection of Artist Peter Kurd's official presidential portrait last month. "The presidency," mused Johnson, "is a hazardous-duty job, and I have learned recently that danger can lurk in unsuspected places. Portrait unveilings, for example...
...questioned its very premises, moral and political. SDS saw the McNamara visit and, later, the Goldberg visit as prime opportunities to force the long-awaited confrontation. But the policy-makers at the Kennedy Institute, until the disruptive demonstration on Mill St., underestimated the frustration and consequent furor of the anti-war movement. In keeping with the original formulation of the Honorary Associate Program, any debate with McNamara was categorically ruled...
Dead Deal. The hassle has upset the Johnson Administration, which feels that its foreign policy aims are being undermined, and it has caused a furor in Yugoslavia. As President Tito said recently: "It comes at a time of implementation of our economic reform and causes difficulties. It doesn't improve relations." Nor were relations-or Tito's case-helped last month by three angry anti-U.S. demonstrations in Yugoslavia...