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Aside from the indications that Kissinger's role in U.S. foreign policy may change between now and 1976, his ability to muster support among newsmen and Congressmen and his God-like status abroad seem to be wearing...
...thought or a doctrine, the flat mantle of peacock colors, the linear arabesques. An ivory carving like the 10th century Apostles John and Paul-their long-toed feet, under the prismatic ripple of drapery, as articulate as hands-shows the almost neurotic tenderness that the Byzantine style could muster. But the more usual tone of high Byzantine art was an aloof abstraction...
Stein held out little hope for a substantial abatement in living costs. The best projection he could muster was that perhaps by the end of the year "inflation will be significantly lower than in the first half of the year." Earlier, Administration forecasts had living costs rising at 7% later this year, though most non-Government economists expect them to be higher. Stein's designated successor, Alan Greenspan, expects a high level of inflation this year-and turgid or almost imperceptible growth in the economy next year...
...difficulties in the way of Levy's program are obvious. It would require a degree of unity and surrender of national sovereignty that the oil-burning nations were unable to muster even during the energy-crisis atmosphere of last winter. Levy concedes the problem but has a starkly simple answer: the oil consumers literally cannot afford the price of continued disunity...
Moreover, the transcripts suggest that he uses them with a greater frequency than any President in recent memory-a great deal more than Kennedy and Eisenhower, both of whom could muster choice words on occasion, and even more than Truman and Johnson, whose racy vocabularies were legendary. Truman's language, though earthy, had a funny, folksy flair that Nixon's lacks. As for Lyndon Johnson, his command of invective was a constant source of purple surprise. But unlike Nixon, he did not mechanically spew out obscenities; he used them pointedly to cap his stories. L.B.J. could make people...