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...party, McCall will leave the statehouse on Jan. 13. His future is as misty as the Willamette Valley at dawn. He underwent two cancer operations in 1973, but still appears healthy and trim at 6 ft. 3 in., 200 Ibs. Last week McCall was being mentioned as a potential recruit for the Ford Administration. In addition, McCall has been offered a college presidency and a professorship in communications (he was a newspaper and television newsman for 25 years before being elected secretary of state in 1964). But the prospect he talks about most is his hazy concept of a "Third...
...only black professor among 59 at the Law School. Of 16 Law School teaching fellows, there is only one black and one with a Spanish surname, which is also a criterion for official minority status. Bell's gripe could not be more legitimate--whether the "visible attempt" to recruit minority faculty is a phony PR slogan or an honest effort that has completely failed...
...President is prepared to fight back, and he doubtless estimates that he will have more of a chance with Rockefeller at his side, operating as a kind of domestic Henry Kissinger. Without additional formal title but with clear authority from Ford, Rockefeller will recruit a brain trust to delve into every aspect of domestic policy; he will arbitrate among conflicting Cabinet proposals and formulate plans for allocation of the nation's natural and financial resources. To give so much clout to a man with presidential ambitions of his own would seem to be an act of singular self-effacement...
When the last bust cycle hit in 1969-70, the people of Wichita decided to do something about it. The city and county governments and the Chamber of Commerce joined with community leaders to recruit diverse businesses to take the burden of employment-and stability-off the aircraft industry. During the '60s about one in four employed Wichitans worked for either Beech Aircraft, Cessna, Boeing or Gates Learjet...
Barnaby explains the reason to be that "We don't aggressively recruit squash players." He added, "I don't believe that I should decide who comes to Harvard. I should only make the most of what we have here...