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...effects of the incident continued to be felt. The police action had converted a minor act of dissent into an embarrassing political incident that was headlined next day in newspapers across the world. Soviet authorities indeed seemed to react to the unfavorable publicity. Though there had been no official word from the government, at week's end one of the artists told foreign newsmen that permission had been granted to hold another exhibit at a different site this week...
Moreover, many young people still follow and react to big political developments, though not to the rancorous extremes of a few years ago. Not surprisingly, President Ford's promise of limited amnesty for Viet Nam War-era deserters and draft dodgers won him a measure of popularity in campus communities, while his full pardon of former President Nixon produced cries of outrage. On a Sunday evening a student called a talk show in Lawrence, Kans., and suggested that instead of pardoning Nixon, Ford should have urged him to go to Canada...
...especially students--would prefer to be a part of the process of deliberation, rather than simply going on record as favoring one alternative or another. Once the committee's preferences become known, there will undoubtedly be far more outside interest. If the community does not have the opportunity to react to the recommendations of the committee until after they have gone to Bok and Horner, much of the input that Strauch claims is necessary will be lost. By formulating recommendations in private, the Strauch Committee is even likely to further polarize the current range of opinion--once recommendations become official...
Kadushin assumed that intellectuals are generalists and eliminated hard scientists, theoretical physicists and mathematicians from the intellectual category. It would be interesting to see how these groups would react to this classification. Perhaps they would say that Kadushin's group are amusing and eloquent exhibitionists who would not measure up to the intellectual requirements in the hard sciences but are articulate entertainers...
...keystone in the public conduct of foreign affairs--Kissinger maintains wide respect and infuses a flamboyancy that Ford would be a fool not to exploit--but what remains to be seen is how different Kissinger's behind-the-scenes influence will be and how he will react...