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Room for Humor. Warren's briefing-room manner differs markedly from Ziegler's. His horn-rimmed glasses and pipe lend a thoughtful air to his comments; he pauses to consider questions before replying and accepts hostile queries without resorting to Ziegler's huffiness. Ziegler's programmed manner leaves little room for humor. Warren is more unbuttoned. Failing to hear a question from NBC Correspondent Richard Valeriani, he quipped: "Richard, will you speak in your on-the-air voice?" When he first began subbing for Ziegler, Warren would open with a crack at his own expense...
...racial strife could be ended by helping blacks to get, in his words, "a piece of the action." As President, Nixon created an Office of Minority Business Enterprise to oversee Government efforts aimed at helping blacks and other racial minorities to start their own businesses, and expanded programs to lend more money to-and buy more products from-those striving firms...
Such a shift, he says, would require OMBE to concentrate its efforts on assisting blacks to form larger ventures in manufacturing, banking, construction and services. It might require the Government to lend larger amounts to individual entrepreneurs. If such steps are not taken, Black Capitalism is likely to remain just another catchy slogan...
...accept it at face value; the movie demands not attention but acquiesence. There is not a spontaneous moment to be found; every act, down to each chase and tribal Caribbean voodoo ritual is choreographed. In fact, the real star is dancer Geoffrey Holder, whose grace and rich Jamaican voice lend spirit to the voodoo scenes, and authenticity elsewhere...
Current alumni and the students graduating today can make a substantial contribution to the equal admissions effort. They can lend their support to today's women's demonstration by contributing to Harvard only with the stipulation that the University adopt an equal admissions policy. Contributions for this purpose can be sent to the equal admissions fund established by the Radcliffe Class...