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The choices are between good and better, between much and more. The momentum comes from highly educated and skillful bureaucrats who know how to maneuver in their worlds but have a full perception only of their own interests and do not sense the full burden the people must now sustain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: On Rhubarb and Revolt | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

Under the terms of the Salisbury Agreement, the white electorate must vote in a referendum whether to accept that settlement. As a last-ditch maneuver, Smith could conceivably use this provision as an excuse to declare the March 3 agreement null and void and to restore himself as Rhodesia'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RHODESIA: Savagery and Terror | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

Trudeau's proposals, which he called "quite momentous and quite considerable," were prompted by something more than concern for Canadian autonomy. They were also part of a complicated war of maneuver between Trudeau and Premier René Lévesque of Quebec, who wants independence for his predominantly French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Struggling for Self-Mastery | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

Mike Torrez went the route, yielding nine hits and getting out of numerous jams unscathed, and secured his eleventh win of the year, the most by any righthander in baseball to date. His Houdiniest mound maneuver of the day came in the fifth, when Baltimore had the bases loaded with...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Sox Sweep Orioles With 4-1 Brush-off | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

Rarely has the political climate changed so totally so fast on an economic issue. Only last fall, all the talk about taxes on capital gains?profits on the sale of assets such as stock, bonds and real estate?centered on prospects for a drastic increase. The Carter Administration drafted a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: About-Face on Capital Gains | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

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