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Another incident took place in 1960, shortly after John F. Kennedy's election to the presidency, while he was in Boston giving a press conference. Two intrepid WHRB reporters, at the conclusion of Kennedy's remarks, had the foresight to leap into the back of his cab, ignoring the protests of Secret Service men. The reporters fortunately had one of the early portable tape recorders with them. Kennedy was so taken aback by their pluck that he submitted to an interview all the way to the airport...
...rabid in its suspicions of other nations, had awakened to the possibilities of the real world. It had decided to confront the Soviet Union's expansionist designs on the one hand and its own economic backwardness on the other. To achieve this, Peking was willing to make a great leap outward. Not long ago, China's titular leader, Chairman Hua Kuo-feng, traveled to Rumania, Yugoslavia and Iran, making deals, offering Chinese friendship. Now it was Teng's turn...
Monday's 7-2 City Council vote to adopt a non-binding moratorium on construction indicates that the Council may join in the injunction suit. But non-binding moratoriums are a leap away from legal action and Cambridge Mayor Thomas W. Danehy is unsure of council support...
...hard, insisting that Kemp-Roth would require a 20% cut in federal spending and cause an "inflationary explosion." His name for his foe: "Big Business Boschwitz." One Anderson TV ad portrays Boschwitz as a cigar-smoking, pin-striped fat cat riding in a careering black limousine, forcing pedestrians to leap out of the way. Anderson also does not hesitate to remind voters that Boschwitz was state chairman for Nixon-Agnew in 1968. Complains Boschwitz: "Guilt by association. I thought that went out with Joe McCarthy." Anderson's tough tactics seem to have improved his prospects: the latest Minnesota poll...
...which was suppressed in committee last summer by pressure from the medical lobby. Carter probably figures he has nothing to lose politically since the public is angry about inflation in general and about soaring medical costs in particular. In August, hospital costs rose .9%, second only to the 1.1% leap in gasoline prices. Carter originally asked for a 9% ceiling on annual hospital cost increases. Compromise bills have now been proposed, but all of them face an uphill fight. Complains a congressional insider: "The White House guys came out of Camp David and think they can work miracles. They...