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Indeed, there was no letup from the global politics that had preoccupied the conference all along. Because she felt that such political discussions deflected interest from matters uniquely concerning women, Françoise Giroud, France's Secretary of State for Women's Affairs, termed the conference a "total failure." Other women took a more positive view. Representative Bella Abzug of New York said that while the conference was perhaps "intended as a sop, we did talk about issues, and I believe deeply that we accomplished something." She was so inspired, in fact, that she and two other Congresswomen...
Senior number seven man Ron Shaw said. "We've been working pretty hard all week. We're looking ahead to next weekend's sprints at Princeton, but we don't want to have the same letup as we did against Brown...
...Burns has not abandoned his long-term goal of holding the increase to a moderate 5% to 6% a year. The Administration, despite hot political criticism, is convinced that it must let the economy suffer along until there are some signs more convincing than those now apparent of a letup in inflation...
There is little mystery as to why the U.S. consumer is giving Detroit such a rough time. As a Detroit industry analyst puts it: "The price of a car sounds just too damn high." Coming off three record-sales years, some letup was expected. But the gravity of the current situation was unforeseen. With the late-summer announcement that 1975-model prices would jump an unprecedented average of $400 per car, buyers flocked to showrooms to make down payments for late 1974s at what seemed to be bargain prices...
...combat it has been, with scarcely a letup since he took over a year ago from the compromised H.R. Haldeman. "During this time of repeated shelling of the White House, Al has never lost his composure," says Leonard Garment, assistant to the President. "He has dealt with the problems of the wounded with both compassion and detachment." In contrast to the closed-door policy of Haldeman, Haig has made the White House more accessible and a more pleasant place in which to work; there is at least a modicum of grace under ferocious pressure. "It's fun to deal...