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...Things have been changing," declared Vellucci at last week's City Council meeting. "All I hear from Councilors and politicians in this city is that we must find new sources of revenue--but we mustn't touch Harvard or MIT...I assure you that they are doing research in those tax-exempt buildings to make money...
Hall could make more money if he chased the wild animals off his land. "But this is the last of the game," he says, speaking intensely. "So at all costs you must forfeit money to save it. It doesn't look very hopeful for the game, but you mustn't give up. I will fight to the last." That vibration is heard again and again: "Cattle can be replaced anytime, but the game cannot. What right have we to eliminate game? I would eliminate all humans and leave it to the wildlife...
...Stewart is forced to come forth with an explanation. The object of this stakeout is Bob and Barbara's best friends, the Krogers, a Canadian couple linked to a Russian spy Stewart offers profuse assurance that he has no evidence to link the Krogers, but one must be sure, mustn't one? Barbara, despite her deep reservations about the spy business, cannot summon the courage to oppose the self-assured Stewart. She becomes sucked into the labyrinth of espionage-age paranoia; lying to her daughter, to her best friend, and even at times to herself. Barbara's life becomes invaded...
...vigilance is the cornerstone of democracy, then the press has certainly inherited the role of vigilante-but it mustn't confuse its mission. It has become masterful at uncovering sleaze, but unfortunately it appears to think it has carte blanche. Surely the public deserves to know which of its national leaders is corrupt, if there is evidence to show it. But it must also be remembered that muckraking makes great headlines and sells lots of newspapers. And this has too often become the primary concern of the would-be sleazebusters and their bosses...
...fire him, Mr. President," I replied. "No, no, I didn't mean that," Reagan said. "But this mustn't happen again. We just can't have a situation where you send messages on your own that are a matter for my decision...