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...quickest way to change Lyndon Johnson's mind about a high-level appointment is to predict who the man will be. In the case of a successor to Robert McNamara, newsmen and Washington officials alike were doubly leary of trying to read the President's mind. Even so, more than a few observers were warily-and hopefully-raising the name of Cyrus Roberts Vance, the former Deputy Defense Secretary whom Johnson had drafted for an arduous diplomatic assignment in Cyprus (see THE WORLD) well after Mc-Namara's departure was decided...
...survival ability of modern nations: "If the President had picked me to predict which country [in postwar Europe] would recover first, I would say, 'Bring me the records of maintenance.' The nation with the best maintenance will recover first. Maintenance is something very, very specifically Western. They haven't got it in Russia. If I got in there in the warehouse, let's say, and I saw that the broom had a special nail, I would say, This is the nail of immortality...
Despite their misgivings, most businessmen predict rising sales next year. "We are backing up our forecast by increasing production," says Chairman William Blackie of Caterpillar Tractor Co. "Most businessmen I meet feel we're going to succeed-in spite of Government." Optimism, however, is often tempered with worry over strikes, rising labor costs, and, inevitably, squeezed profit margins...
Robert E. Rudolph, Cambridge Director of Traffic and Parking, told the City Council last night that he would end the rotary pattern around Cambridge Common as soon as the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority completed some wiring changes in the area. He declined to predict how long that would take council then voted to invite an MBTA representative to next Monday's meeting to set the date...
...pick the Eli over Penn. In the first two games of their present homestand the Bulldogs set a League record for points scored. That was against Cornell and Dartmouth, which have two of the best defenses in the Ivies. Penn has the worst. The temptation, therefore, is to predict an 83-1 margin; but with Princeton and Harvard on the horizon Coach Carm Cozza will probably rest Don Barrows and Brian Dowling most of the game and settle for a 38-7 score...