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Playful pictures of Sesame Street's Cookie Monster dot the walls, and there are Bert and Ernie dolls to hug. Children frown in concentration as they glue pieces of macaroni to construction paper. An egg carton is converted to a colorful pin wheel...
...successful campaign to get the Panama Canal treaties ratified. He has prepared a detailed plan of attack for the SALT II ratification battle. His authority in the White House has steadily increased and with that authority have come changes both on the surface and below, hence his recent pin-striped suits and more conservative demeanor. Says one colleague: "He is very serious about things worth being serious about. Like the President, he will not get intellectually stampeded. He has the strength to wait...
...throw him a bone. He has weathered considerable changes: shellac to plastic; hand cranks to separate components; 78 to 45 to 33; mono to stereo and, most recently, a skirmish with quad. There is a revolutionary change coming up, however, that bids fair to wag his tail and pin his floppy ears back...
Just what does go on in L.E.I.U. is difficult to pin down because of one important and disturbing point: although L.E.I.U. is financed by public funds, it is not now subject to any kind of public check on its activities...
...strictly collectivized, rigidly austere commercial system. But of late many Chinese bureaucrats and factory managers involved in foreign trade have shown themselves readily disposed to partake of the myriad goodies that can accompany avid salesmanship. Officials who once would have rejected anything more expensive than a lapel pin now eagerly accept, and often solicit, valuable gratuities-everything from sophisticated machinery and heavy vehicles for their factories, to electronic calculators, cassette tape recorders, TV sets and even limousines for themselves...