Word: presse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President admitted the public so far into his thinking about an appointment. To some, it appeared to be a typical example of Nixonian psychology, a somewhat compulsive need to justify and explain himself. But the President's motives seemed straightforward enough. He wanted to use facts to stop press speculation that might prove embarrassing to his friends, and he wanted to contrast the candor of his Administration with the deviousness of his predecessor's. He succeeded in both goals, and he is expected now to repeat the briefing approach when fuller than usual background is again needed...
...shaving off his beard to alter his appearance. It has since grown back, and he seems to have gained weight in Havana. Pringle reported that Cleaver has toured Cuba, but has not yet met Premier Fidel Castro. Cleaver's presence has been ignored by the heavily censored Cuban press. He refused to say much after being discovered, but did tell Pringle that he was working on a sequel to Soul on Ice. Its success could be important to some of the people he left behind in California, including his wife Kathleen. Though Cleaver is safe from U.S. authorities...
Morale Problem. From its monitoring of Hanoi's broadcasts and press, U.S. intelligence is increasingly convinced that the North now faces a morale problem. The U.S. reasoning runs like this: so long as the bombs were raining down, the North Vietnamese people saw the need for sacrifice. But once the bombing stopped, the populace began to look for some fruits of what their leaders said had been a glorious victory. None were forthcoming, and the regime has been forced to exhort its people more than ever to work harder and retain a warlike spirit. If this analysis is correct...
Shotguns Approved. Many papers go along with the businesslike rationale of the Detroit Free Press. "We're a family newspaper," says Bill O'Flaherty, the national ad manager, "and there's no point in losing our readership by giving them what they don't want." His yardstick...
...angry departure last month, Haney, in his role as NASA's public affairs officer, was the man caught in the middle. On one side were the engineers and astronauts, who were determined to maintain as much privacy as possible during the flights. On the other was the press, equally determined to know all about the space shots...