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Potential disagreements over investments, Bok said, first occurred to him on a much wider scale than the eventual focus on the Gulf stock. He admitted that he "might well have met with PALC more often in the Fall," but he maintains that "it is very hard to predict what effect it would
...find him the only true choice offered in American politics. Both of these men combine a broad populist program with an earthy, honest approach, and the parallelism of their success can be traced to basic similarities. The effect of both on the politics of 1972 is difficult to predict; and now both find themselves watching from unaccustomed positions, one from a hospital bed, the other from the front-runner spot...
...contrast, the Abron people of the Ivory Coast are more aggressive-"but in ways which no biologist could predict on the basis of instinct theory." Their aggression does not seem to arise from an inner, unalterable genetic program. Instead, it is generated by external situations and is released only through socially approved channels. Initially, Abron children are indulged and fondled by all the adults around them and show no aggression-until a new child is born. Then, Alland writes, having been abruptly displaced from center stage, "most babies who have been quite placid up to this point begin to show...
...biggest antiwar actions of the spring are scheduled for Sunday and Monday. The turnout is difficult to predict, but it will likely be negligible because this spring of action has grown old very fast. People can march, and sit, and throw bricks only so many times when the results are missing...
...have to say that Kirkland House is the favorite simply because its won in the last couple of years." Steve Groth, rowing five for Mather, said last night. "But man for man, we're considerably bigger. I predict a victory for Mather House...