Word: partings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Today U.S. foreign aid is a hodgepodge of programs with a muddle of purposes directed by a multitude of agencies. The main one is the Agency for International Development, and its chief, ex-Governor John Gilligan of Ohio, is leaving next month under pressure, in part because he offended too many people by trying to straighten out his department. AID is tangled up by more than 150 restrictive and sometimes contradictory congressional mandates. It is not astonishing that a program so confused within is so misunderstood on the outside...
...that may sound improbably melodramatic, but it plays just fine. The credit belongs in part to Director Bridges for his sure handling of the action and in part to a script that makes us really care for Fonda and Lemmon. It seems almost superfluous to praise Fonda anew, but she is truly at the peak of her talent these days. Nobody has done a better characterization of the vacuity of the TV news "personality" −the little moments of makeup-mirror vanity snatched against deadline pressure, the falseness of on-camera performances that must never really look like performances...
...like to know why very quickly." So snapped California Governor Jerry Brown last week, when he heard about the startling decision made by Standard Oil of Ohio. After five years, $50 million in expenses and submission of more than 700 permits and applications, the company, which is part owned by British Petroleum, was abandoning its ill-starred effort to launch a $1 billion project that would have been of value to the entire nation. Sohio wanted to convert an unused 700-mile natural-gas pipeline to move Alaskan oil from Long Beach, Calif, to Midland, Texas, for further delivery...
Though the Carter Administration preaches austerity in pay raises as part of its anti-inflation gospel, some state and local legislators have been covering their ears and awarding themselves and other public employees hefty boosts. The irony is that these increases, which sometimes range well above the Government's voluntary guidelines limit of 7%, are made possible because of the rich flow of federal aid to states and localities. In many cases, the money for the raises is available because federal largesse pays for programs that the legislatures would otherwise have to fund. Government programs will this year enrich...
...though laws have been on the books since 1917 banning intentional disclosure of defense secrets that could harm the U.S. The laws are so broad and so murky that in theory they could be aimed at leakers and the press. In practice, however, they are used only on spies. Part of the reason is the First Amendment. But prosecuting leaks also runs a different risk: confirming that the leaked information is true, and disclosing even more secrets at a trial. This dilemma has vexed the Government for years in conventional espionage cases, but it drew little public attention. That...