Word: heavyhandedness
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In the end, Syrian President Assad may well consent to a renewal of the U.N. mandate. Meanwhile he has made it known that he wants something "con crete" in return-for example, a sign that Israel is prepared to return to a resumed Geneva conference. Syria, like its chief supporter...
From time to time the President did exhibit odd grace notes. He expressed deeply felt concern for Hunt, whose wife Dorothy was killed in a plane crash in Chicago. He worried about "poor Bob" Haldeman, who was "totally selfless and honest and decent" but because of Watergate was "going through...
Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. of the opposition Liberal Party-who would probably now be President had Marcos stepped down at the end of his elected term on Dec. 30-is still in jail on a raft of questionable charges, including murder. Hundreds of other political dissidents are also under detention...
Sir / Re your article "The Great Slap Flap" [Dec. 3]: I am disgusted and angered by the press and its apparent personal feud with President Nixon. What gall TIME has to say that the White House attempt to use this story to discredit press criticism seems heavyhanded to most newsmen...
The U.S. Board of Parole took positive action in the case of Clifford Irving, who is serving a 2½-year sentence for dreaming up an "autobiography" of Howard Hughes and selling it to McGraw-Hill for $765,000. Irving had hoped to spend Christmas with his sons, Nedsky, 5...