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Since there exists no formalized mechanism for a transfer of power in the U.S.S.R., a crisis inevitably occurs when a leader dies or is ousted. Many Kremlinologists believe that Brezhnev would prefer an orderly transition and a new regime that will continue his policies. Nonetheless, they predict a possibly lengthy power struggle under cover of a caretaker "collective leadership." If Brezhnev were to retire in the near future, his titular successor would probably be Politburo Member Andrei Kirilenko, 69, an old Brezhnev crony, who has acted for Brezhnev during his recent illnesses. Kiril Mazurov, 61, at present Kosygin...
Fallen Down. The charges include now familiar allegations that the CIA has repeatedly fallen down on the job, that the agency should have been able to predict the 1968 Communist Tet offensive in South Viet Nam, the 1973 Middle East war and 1974 coups in Portugal and Cyprus. Further, the report contends that the CIA'S covert operations are "irregularly approved, sloppily implemented and at times have been forced, on a reluctant CIA by the President and his National Security Adviser," who until November was Secretary of State Henry Kissinger...
...beginning of the indoor track season, coach Bill McCurdy did not predict any great achievements for his squad. Even after a 94-18 romp over B.U. in the season opener, McCurdy was still cautious...
...crimes-a point that could influence the court. Moreover, retired Justice William O. Douglas, who broadly opposed the death penalty as cruel and unusual punishment, has been replaced by John Paul Stevens, whose legal philosophy is more moderate than that of his liberal predecessor. Close observers of the court predict that it will vote this summer to restore executions by a margin of at least...
Will President Ford's budget help the recovery? Or slow it? Or something in between? The nation's leading economists, who failed as a group to predict the nature of the recession or anticipate its depth, immediately-and predictably-differed on the answers...