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More serious than the fleeting speculation about war were Israeli fears about the political impact of Sadat's appearance before the Knesset. Standing in the Israeli parliament, the Egyptian President would have a unique pulpit. The mere fact of his presence made him, and by extension the Arabs, seem like the true seekers for peace in the Middle East. The Israelis would be viewed as the intransigents, squabbling over details and fearful of confronting Arabs at the negotiating table. All that would add to the world pressure on Israel to move on to Geneva, where, in the Israeli view...
Ferguson offered eight economic proposals he said would have an impact on South Africa, including U.S. legislation to deny tax credit to U.S. companies in South Africa and a further push by the U.S. to depress the value of gold, one of South Africa's major national resources...
...panel of two law school professors and one exiled member of the South African National Congress discussed the history of Southern Africa and the impact of possible U.S. policies towards the South African government at a teach-in at the Law School yesterday sponsored by the Harvard Black American Law Students Association (BALSA...
...Michael Blumenthal, Treasury Secretary. He has the predominant voice in foreign economic decisions but less impact on domestic affairs. He now appears to be winning a tax plan that would cut rates heavily for corporations as well as individuals. Last week, putting on the record what was already known, he told a Senate committee that the "first priority" of Carter's tax bill will be to lower rates, and that the measure will be kept "relatively simple to build confidence." That apparently means it will contain little reform; as Blumenthal well knows, the President's intention to propose...
Most important, critics assert-correctly-that on many decisions carrying great economic impact the economic advisers have no voice at all or are overruled. Blumenthal and Schultze had only marginal influence on the energy and Social Security reform programs, two of the most important projects affecting the economy since the Inauguration. While Schultze has been urging tax cuts, those two programs will hit the economy with a double whammy of multibillion-dollar tax hikes that may halt growth. Officials concede the economic impact of some programs was not sufficiently taken into account but add that only the President can weigh...