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...There are a lot of rumors now about Nixon's mental health. Some people say that, faced with a serious threat of impeachment, he might just lock himself in the White House, declare martial law, and continue to govern, or do what passes for governing...
...number and seriousness of the rumors flying around Washington this week are further indication of the crisis of confidence. Congressmen are saying that Nixon is about to declare martial law; aides are passing the word that Nixon is starkraving mad and undergoing shock treatment; underlings in the executive are saying that Nixon is Mafia-connected and that's why he paroled Jimmy Hoffa and Gyp DiCarlo. The rumors are terrifying not only for what they say but because we have no means of judging how far-fetched they...
...this is in sharp contrast to the mood of the city during the Six-Day War of 1967. Then, Egyptian leaders thumped their chests and issued a barrage of communiques proclaiming victories that had never occurred; loudspeakers on Cairo's streets blared the stirring rhythms of martial music; and people poured into the streets, almost hysterical with joy, thinking they were destroying the Israeli armed forces...
...constitution last summer, giving himself an eight-year term as President, Papadopoulos has skillfully maneuvered to consolidate his dictatorial powers and ease out his military collaborators. At the same time he has boldly moved to disarm critics who complained about the lack of democracy. Two months ago, he ended martial law, declared an amnesty for political prisoners and announced that parliamentary elections would be held in 1974. Even the lilting, long-banned music of Greece's much-loved composer, Mikis Theodorakis (currently on a U.S. concert tour), is being brought out of police-state storage...
Still, the sense of martial art is conveyed; in its limited way, television has made the game so rich - in every sense of the word - that its players portray villains, heroes and fools all in the same afternoon. Through TV, the sport has become a high ritual of bloodletting. It is also, as always, a morganatic wedding of cold mathematics and glorious physical achievement. It is, as well, a confused and pointless scramble across 100 yards of meaningless turf...