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...estimated that one-fourth of the voters in 1972 will be independents, men and women who have been driven away from their old blind allegiance, by events and common sense.The appeal to them of a mature approach to leadership might bepolitically decisive. If an atmosphere of restraint, mutual respect and gentlemanly (or womanly) debate could be established, the massively obvious advantage of the incumbent would at least be reduced to acceptable proportions...
...most newsworthy presidential excursion abroad since World War II, but the number of newsmen along to report it will be tightly restricted. After spending a week in China, Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler announced last week that the U.S. press contingent will be limited to about 80-roughly one-fourth the number that normally goes to the summit with the President...
Coming only months before the penultimate Apollo shot,* Nixon's decision sets up an important new technological goal for NASA and the depressed aerospace industry. NASA Administrator James Fletcher estimates that work on the shuttle will restore about one-fourth of the 200,000 space-related jobs that have disappeared in the past five years. There will also be a resurgence of activity at Houston's Manned Spacecraft Center and the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, which will share responsibility for the program...
Captions are also being strengthened. Headlines and captions now become "flush left" instead of centered, and the margins become wider by one-fourth of an inch. The aim is to make our pages easier on the eye. The index now will have a permanent place on page 2 so that readers will not have to hunt for it. Section headings are being placed in either color or gray bars because . . . well, because the editors think they look better that...
Thirteen hundred and fifty students are participating in the Tuition Postponement Program through which nearly one-fourth of the University is receiving $1,000,000 in loans...