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...fact, most informed Americans realize only too well that there are no instant, painless answers to the ordeal in Viet Nam, and that the options are growing fewer. The President's determination to stay the course promises a sorely trying year for the nation. Even Lyndon Johnson's well-hedged hint of another bombing pause should raise no undue hopes. Nor, if the halt is ordered, is there any guarantee that it will move Hanoi any nearer to the conference table than the six previous suspensions of the air war in the North. Nonetheless, conscience and practical politics...
Pins & Needles. Such wry comments do not go unheard in the home office, and many big companies these days go out of their way to make the uprooting process as painless as possible. They not only pay all moving costs, often including temporary hotel quarters in the new town for two months or longer, but frequently pick up the tab for new drapes. Many even buy up an executive's old house if he has difficulty getting the price he wants in a hurry. But even with company backing, the search for a new house is a pins...
Such conclusions are registered, with impressive clarity and lyricism, in Tristes Tropiques, a book described by its author as his "intellectual vacation." Laymen have turned to it as a painless introduction to his thought. All his other works demand rigorous intellectual effort as well as a basic understanding of anthropology. They also require something akin to an act of faith...
...doctors reported in last week's Journal of the A.M.A. that many of the men finished the test with white and wrinkled (though painless) feet, suggesting the possibility that the silicone grease may be only a retardant. But already, tests under combat conditions in Viet Nam show that the grease is highly effective...
Reagan is aware of the problem, says he is looking for ways to prevent "the big bump coming all at once." But he refuses to retreat. "Withholding is a painless way of extracting money, and the very fact that it is painless means Government is always willing to ask for more," he says. "It is Government's responsibility to use your money wisely." That responsibility, he insists, is his-whatever the political fallout...