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Certainly few Presidents in U.S. history have had to deal with more difficult problems. Moreover, Nixon was elected by a minority. This fact has persuaded him that he must maneuver and enlarge his hold on the middle ground rather than take dramatic positions on one side or the other. From all appearances, he is following the politics of zigzag, giving way on one point to gain on another. His surrender on the Knowles appointment, for instance, was motivated in part by the need for conservative votes on the surtax and the anti-ballistic-missile system. There was much talk last...
...nonsense profession, he remained relaxed and easygoing. "He lived from day to day and didn't care too much about the future," recalls Bill Dana, a classmate of Collins' at West Point and a fellow test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base. Adds Dana: "He didn't really take hold until he got into the space program." That happened in 1963 when NASA accepted his application to be an astronaut. Collins is married to the former Patricia Finnegan of Boston. They have three children: Kathleen, 10, Ann, 7, and Michael...
Disciplined Theocracy. The New York assembly initiated a round of uplifting sessions of lectures and Bible dramas that the Witnesses will hold in 25 cities around the world, from Pomona to Paris to Papeete, between now and December. Under the supervision of a disciplined theocracy run by Knorr from Watchtower's sprawling Brooklyn head quarters, the Witnesses claim to preach their version of God's gospel in 200 lands...
...International Seminar will hold an open forum for discussion of the topic "After Vietnam: What?" by four prominent Asians. Wednesday, July 16, 8 p.m. in Emerson Hall 105. Followed by an informal reception in Boylston Hall. See calendar listings for further details...
...output are climbing steadily. Manufacturers are compensating by raising the prices of their products. Thus, even large pay raises have yielded little if anything in added purchasing power. During the last three years, in fact, the purchasing power of the average U.S. worker has done no better than hold steady. Union leaders now feel that they must push for giant wage and benefit increases to keep their members ahead of price boosts. But some are aware that the raises may only give the inflationary spiral a further upward twist. Says Phil Stack, a New York Teamsters official who helped negotiate...