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Among the more outlandish guests in TIME homes are a toad, Pierrot, kept by Deputy Chief of Correspondents Benjamin Cate's children, two raccoons belonging to Senior Editor Marshall Loeb's daughter, Margaret, and Picture Editor John Durniak's boa constrictor, Charlie. Legends about TIME pets breed like rabbits. Show Business Secretary Esther Nichols' parakeet, Rosebud, is said to have been rescued from an attempted suicide after diving from a fifth-floor window overlooking Madison Avenue, while Copy Desk Assistant Judith Paul's late Chihuahua-terrier crossbreed, Cookie, was known to hunt bees, crack walnuts...
...President that skepticism about political leaders is inherent and healthy in democracy. Diamond noted that the challenge of leadership is to balance skepticism with trust. Wilson observed that the malaise in America had increased since the 1950s particularly because many people felt that the quality of life had not kept pace with technological advance. Ford suggested that perhaps the pendulum had swung too far toward a national "self-destructive impulse" that threatened institutions and savaged public officials...
...meetings in the Salon de 1'Horloge of the Quai d'Orsay; in the past, delegations often numbered 20 or more. There was also a concerted and largely successful effort to ensure a kind of Cabinet secrecy by barring the usual leaks to the press. Protocol was kept to a minimum, and pomp was virtually banned. Giscard even asked his colleagues to wear business suits to a dinner at the Elysée Palace. Considering the place and the occasion, that was almost like saying: Come in T shirts and sneakers...
Both sides agree that the resulting 1968 Gun Control Act, which outlawed mail order sales and required records to be kept of purchases of guns and ammunition, has done virtually nothing to reduce killings and other crimes committed with guns...
...there were still any doubters, the Democrats proceeded to make it explicit in their charter: the first purpose of the Democratic party is to elect Democratic candidates to the presidency and other national offices. It's the sort of party goal that makes the ideological diversity all the speakers kept praising easily attainable...