Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...politician Romney has none of the critical detachment that was one of the chief graces of President Kennedy. In Romney's view, everything is clear and certain: others behave for bad ("political") motives or special interests, while he alone is working for the public interest. This fundamentalist self-confidence is another illustration of the fact that the most dangerous politician is not one who can fool others, but one who can fool himself as well...
...being scrapped remains slim. One must reckon with the facts: both state and federal highway officials are highly committed to the road; Gov. John A. Volpe is solidly behind the highway; and thus far, the opposition has lacked both the breadth and depth to convince any pro-Belt politician that his political salvation lies in a change of position. Opposition to the Inner Belt is a local Cambridge issue. Under just the right circumstances, the highway may still be stopped; but only the most optimistic can hold out reasonable hope that those circumstances will come along...
With the elan of a practiced politician, the War Minister then went to work, widening his following within the military, browbeating reluctant politicians and trying to soften up Castello Branco. ARENA is now almost fully behind him, and a recent survey of the military gave him the support of 80% of the country's army officers. Castello Branco finally had no choice but to pronounce Costa e Silva an "acceptable" candidate. All that remains now is his nomination at ARENA'S May 26 convention, his resignation as War Minister by July 3 pn,d fheformal election itself...
Died. Roger D. Lapham, 82, businessman-politician who in the 1930s, as president of the American-Hawaiian Steamship line, won the grudging respect of Harry Bridges' West Coast dockers for his tough, fair-minded negotiations, a quality that helped him as mayor of San Francisco (1944-48), where he successfully cleaned out entrenched machine politics, but failed to secure for the city the permanent location of the U.N.; after a fall; in San Francisco...
...would still be dealing with the Directory as it prepared to hold elections to give the country a civilian government. But Washington would have to pay increasing attention to Tri Quang, the infrangible Buddhist prelate who had emerged as the country's most astute and powerful politician (see THE WORLD...