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...Brown's critics in California say the postponement is caused by high confusion in Jerry's campaign tactics and strategy. Reports TIME West Coast Bureau Chief William Rademaekers: "The main problem seems to be that Jerry Brown has run down on issues and in the process worn out his welcome mats. The invitations from outside the state are not flowing in. He has difficulty finding the 'right' audience and, when he finds it, making the 'right' speech...
...knows that a cordial relationship with the U.S. might greatly aid the rebuilding of his country. The real question is whether he has the ability to mediate successfully between radical and conservative views in an untested coalition government whose main bond of unity is opposition to Somoza. "Sergio has all the qualities necessary to be very strong," says an associate. If that judgment is correct, Nicaragua may still be able to avoid the factionalism and violence that have marred so many revolutions...
Nevertheless, security is the Premier's main concern, as he explained last week in an interview with TIME'S Hong Kong bureau chief Marsh Clark and correspondent David DeVoss: "Close to our borders there is a full-scale war. We have Communist subversion within the country. Added to that there is the refugee problem that undermines our stability. We need arms to preserve peace. Tell the U.S. Congress to come to Thailand to see the situation. Giving us a foreign military sales credit of $24 million is not enough. Thailand faces a war situation. It deserves a higher...
...point in 1981 and succeeding years (a decision that may have to be made by another President), it might begin to bite! The nation would be forced to conserve fuel, or produce more itself, to accommodate normal growth in the economy. But for the moment the quota's main, and not insignificant, value is to serve as a symbol of national determination to put some ceiling on foreign petroleum...
Nearly all of the President's other plans are targeted on the year 1990. The goal for then is ambitious: to reduce imports by 4.5 million bbl. a day below present levels by a combination of production and conservation measures. Among the main proposals, ranked by estimated import savings...