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...bolster ARVN's actions beyond its borders, even if no U.S. ground troops are sent in. Finally, Abrams' wider war almost certainly means that Laos and Cambodia will be torn apart. Quite aside from the human cost, it is unlikely that any neutralist political force ?or neutralist government???will have much chance of surviving in these countries under these conditions. Yet some critics believe that just such neutralist governments offer the only long-range hope for a political settlement...
Reichstag Fire One of the alleged conspirators confronted the principal informant and accused him of spilling the plans to the Government; he denied it, and is now in protective custody. TIME learned that two whose testimony has been important to the Government???though neither is the chief informant?are a brother and a sister named Joseph Joynt and Patricia Chanel. Mrs. Chanel, described by one movement activist as "an aficionado of the Jesuits," was questioned by FBI agents at her Silver Spring, Md., home and was promised immunity from prosecution in exchange for her testimony. Whatever she told them...
...reason is its high degree of specialization. Traditional capitals?London, Paris, Rome, Vienna?are centers of culture and commerce as well as government???filled with sensuous temptations and enticements to dalliance. The Washington ambience, by contrast, is a political pressure cooker?almost devoid of the soft lights and shadowed corners where small intimacies can flower into intimacy. It is slightly nerve-racking to be close to a man whose electronic "beeper" may go off any second to warn him that he is wanted at the White House; and those black overstuffed sofas in the offices on the Hill...
...reality firsthand. What some have called "the triumph of the advance men" has left many open wounds all over town. Says one Nixon aide: "When you come into the White House after eight years on the other side, you bring in people who are bright but not experienced in Government???especially in protocol, the proprieties of dealing with the Hill and other parts of Government, which can matter more than substance. They think they're bright ?that's part of the problem?and experts in politics because they worked in a campaign. Actually, they know very little, especially about...
...dilemma is a complex one. While postal workers?and many other public employees?are undeniably underpaid, government's first obligation is to protect the economy and maintain essential public services. The right to strike is an important weapon in labor's arsenal. But strikes against government???whether local, state or federal?not only endanger society but also weaken popular confidence in government and ultimately degrade the government itself...