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...Eagleton revelations. In a poll carried out for TIME last week by Crossley Surveys Inc., 76.7% of those interviewed said that Eagleton's medical record would not affect their vote (see box). A significant number said they were ready to switch from supporting McGovern or being neutral to backing Nixon. Before McGovern had seen any polls on public reaction to the Eagleton matter, he told TIME'S Dean Fischer: "If we took a poll and 99% of the people polled thought he should stay on the ticket, that other 1% could still be crucial...
Switched from neutral to Nixon...
Hart acknowledges the problems of seeking a reconciliation with the Daleys and Meanys, but he hopes for a back-scratching kind of relationship eventually: "I'd guess that Daley will at least remain neutral, or else give us some cooperation." The situation with Meany is similar. One reason for Hart's optimism is that he perceives the Democratic opposition to McGovern to be psychological rather than ideological. "It's a struggle for power and control," he explains. "It's the old versus the new, the passing of an order. To a large degree, the opposition...
...Federal Reserve Board has enjoyed a rare season of peace. Normally, politicians and businessmen accuse the Fed either of creating inflation by pouring out too much money, or of strangling business by holding back on cash and credit. Throughout the spring, however, the board's governors pursued a neutral policy, feeding out money just fast enough to keep pace with the expansion in sales, production and inventories...
...oppose Caesar--as the Middle Ages had sided with him--Shakespeare carefully saw to it that the play as a whole took no stand. The text is ambiguous, the positions balanced; hence a director may easily tilt his production toward one view or the other. Kahn takes here a neutral stand, and leaves it to the audience to weigh the evidence...