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Gerald Ford is playing the jolly Santa Claus, like any other incumbent who wishes to stay in office for some more presidential Christmases. As shrewdly and crudely as Lyndon Johnson or Richard Nixon ever did, he is doling out patronage and pork to goad, frighten and lead Republicans to support...
...Moynihan had secretly hoped to goad the Secretary into taking public action against him, Kissinger disappointed him. Although in other circumstances any Secretary of State might well have felt justified in asking for Moynihan's head, Kissinger said soothingly. "Moynihan is doing an outstanding job at the United Nations, and he has the full support of the President, the Secretary of State and the Department of State." Kissinger later endorsed Moynihan's outspoken views by saying that the U.S. would regard the U.N. votes of other countries on issues of importance to the U.S. as signs...
...government to accept its long-term responsibility. They have in effect asked that Tokyo not only approach Moscow through diplomatic channels, but also pay for transporting the refugees back to South Korea. The case goes to trial next month in Tokyo, and the lawyers hope that they may finally goad the government into taking action. "Only when our government accepts the responsibility of shipping these people back home can it once again begin talking about human rights," says Hiroshi Izumi, one of the 18 representing the Korean refugees...
...seems the University has been toying with the idea of a program in modern Greek studies for nearly ten years. More than 30,000 modern Greek books line Widener's shelves--probably the best collection of its kind outside of Greece. But reams of books aren't enough to goad Harvard into spending money. Dean Rosovsky recommended a professorship in the field to the Corporation last winter after he was petitioned from outside the University...
Ford hopes to goad Congress into enacting the remainder. But many Congressmen and economists fear that the program will set off another round of inflation. Exactly how much is a matter of conjecture...