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...White House at last seems aware of its shortcomings and has fought off what looked like a temptation to hunker down in dismal self-pity. It has begun working hard to improve its image and revamp its management techniques. The Administration's capacity for following through on its program proposals has been bolstered by the promotions of Tim Kraft and Anne Wexler to important White House staff positions. Public Relations Expert Jerry Rafshoon has been put to work full time to burnish Carter's image...
...this Harvard team is no group to hunker down and accept a shellacking. Crafty forward Lee Nelson beat a pair of defensemen at 27:08 and beat Princeton's talented goalkeeper, Guy Cipriano, with a shot from just inside the penalty area...
...most reliable methods used by the mountain men to run down a fleeing inmate is that used for capluring any animal-the stakeout. Explains Daugherty, who reckons that he has chased down some 200 escaped men since 1963: "You'll hunker down there for six or maybe eight hours and you won't make a sound. You aren't supposed to talk or move or smoke-why do you think we chew tobacco? If it's daytime you hide behind a tree or a log. Sure enough, before long, you'll hear the criminal...
...many supporters of free trade tend to be fair-weather friends. When the economic climate is sunny, nations are delighted to trade as much as possible with one another. But when a recession chill sets in, they hunker down and try to protect themselves from their neighbors' goods. That is what happened as a result of the severe 1973-75 recession; trading barriers were partially rebuilt, and they are beginning to have a permanent look. The world could become much more protectionist, especially if the U.S. goes along with the trend...
...recent months, Church's section, Economy and Business, has kept on top of the nation's wrenching downturn with major reports on the Administration's economic summits, President Ford's policies, and the angry militancy of miners and other organized workers. This week, as Americans hunker down into a recession Christmas, TIME'S cover story examines the likely depth and duration of the slump and its effects on people's lives. To gauge the human impact of stagflation, correspondents around the country interviewed auto mechanics and amusement park owners, Wall Street lawyers and welfare...