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...more effective than many. After he seized power six years ago from a democratic but corrupt government, Ayub paternalistically promulgated the very constitution under which the general elections are being held. Among other things, Ayub's constitution allows women to run for office-something he may now regret. He developed a system of indirect elections called "Basic Democracy," under which voters are to choose 80,000 "basic democrats," or electors, who will cast their ballots next spring to elect a President. The men behind Fatima Jinnah, Ayub insists, want to make Pakistan "a paradise for politicians and a hell...
Richard E. Pipes, assistant director of the Russian Research Center, concluded the program by suggesting that the Soviets "develop a civilized way of transferring power in government." Pipes did not regret the passing of that "vile character," Khrushchev, but sympathized with the Russian people who must constantly put up with "usurpers..., criminals, traitors and ... adventurers...
...Mexico: A loner in the past, Republican Incumbent Edwin L. Mechem, 52, the only four-term Governor in the state's history (1951-54, 1957-58, 1961-62), is playing with Goldwater this year, and he might regret it. Able, four-term Congressman Joseph M. ("Little Joe") Montoya, 49, an adroit vote getter, has a name that is about as common in New Mexico, where nearly one-third of the voters are Spanish Americans, as John Smith is elsewhere. A tossup...
...gloom for six years, until he married his secretary (and quickly taught her tennis). Amid all this, Black was alarmed at the Court's bend-over-backward opinions during the McCarthy-era prosecution of real or suspected Communists. One after another, his dissents contained such phrases as "I regret, deeply regret," and "this weird, debilitating interpretation...
...Minnesota Senator well realizes, and doesn't regret, the haziness of his ideology: "(Liberalism) ... is basically an attitude toward life rather than a dogma--characterized by a warm heart, an open mind, and willing hands." He speaks of compassion far more than justice; he stresses understanding and deprecates revenge. Dramatically different from the leftist radicalism of the '30's and the civil rights militance of the 60's, his is the "soft" liberalism of the 40's--a liberalism which fades rather easily into paternalism...