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...ordering the bombing, Nixon has acutely embarrassed the Russians, who have no choice but to react with indignation. Whether they would go so far as to revoke the President's invitation to visit Moscow in May was far more doubtful-and the essence of Nixon's gamble. In effect, the President was betting that both sides want the summit enough that the Kremlin will still welcome him on schedule...
...antiwar movement was faced with a crisis of similar magnitude. Then, as now, a massive U.S. escalation of the war demanded immediate and strong response. The antiwar movement felt--then as now--that this was the moment of supreme crisis to which we must react decisively and unequivocally...
Documentation can be hard to come by, and an employee could well be wrong. Not having all the facts that top management commands, he might hastily charge a misdeed where none exists. But if an employee actively opposes corporate policy, how should a company react? So far, most such workers have been fired, demoted or forced to resign. George Geary, a U.S. Steel Co. sales executive in Houston, went over his superiors' heads to object to company officers about safety defects in pipe tubing that the firm was preparing to market. The officers investigated and withdrew the piping...
...today's preliminary action the JV and freshman boats will take on their Columbia and Rutgers counterparts. The competition will be the first real racing for many of the young Harvard rowers, and Gladstone is anxious to see how they will react to the pressure...
...know anything about them? I didn't coach them. I don't know how they'll react to my methods or how I'll react to them. I don't coach them and if you're interested in them, ask the freshman coach," Harrison said. It struck me as strange that Harrison professed to have no knowledge of his freshman, considering he probably helped recruit some of them and most certainly has seen them play and practice. However, I didn't feel like pursuing the issue...