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Washington Correspondent Neil MacNeil, who assessed Kennedy's Senate activities for the cover story, agrees: "Unlike his brother Bobby, who had close friends and enemies among reporters, Teddy is pleasant to all, but distant. He seems to follow Jack Kennedy's maxim that 'in politics, you don't have friends-only allies.' " Adds Boston Bureau Chief Hays Gorey, whose reporting for the story reflects years of tracking the entire Kennedy clan: "Ted will let you follow him around so you can try to figure out where he comes from, but he is well aware...
...Cambridge political maxim holds that any increase in the number of voters will aid pro-rent control candidates. That hypothesis may be slowly turning to myth as more condominium owners populate the city, but for now there are simply more tenants than landlords in Cambridge...
...apparent at the Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, where we saw mammoth carp that had been raised from tiny fry in the center's ponds. One innovation: the use of female hormones to encourage spawning. But the biologists there also adhered to the Maoist maxim to "change wastes into treasures and turn harmful into beneficial." They feed the fish animal and even human wastes (after fermentation to kill fecal parasites). Elsewhere, the Chinese are introducing "digesters" (small tanks) that convert biological wastes into methane gas, which in turn powers electrical generators and can be used for cooking. The residue...
...Marine Corps Reserve, launching its 32nd Toys for Tots campaign to provide Christmas gifts for underprivileged children, thought that dressing Benji in a space suit might lure more contributions. Television's Love Boat captain, Gavin MacLeod, agreed to be Benji's co-chairperson, ignoring the vaudeville maxim, never follow a dog act. "Listen," said MacLeod, "he's a better partner than a lot of two-legged dogs I've worked with...
...sight, Hearst fired back: "You supply the pictures, I'll supply the war." Arrogance of such magnitude is unheard of today. The sensationalist Joseph Pulitzer declared that accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but the fact is that journalism today takes that maxim far more seriously than did the papers of Pulitzer's time...