Word: regrets
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Some day President Ford will regret his dismissal of a strong and honest man like Mr. Schlesinger. I hope the voters will remember this tragedy...
...inauspicious: the liberation movements that have been fighting for control of Angola (TIME, Nov. 17) promptly set up two rival republics, each with its own government and capital. Faced with these opposing claims, the last Portuguese high commissioner, Admiral Leonel Cardoso, refused to turn over authority to anyone. "I regret that it is not possible for me to participate in any ceremony to mark this great hour for the people of Angola," he said...
...deepening skepticism among journalists about the words and deeds of public officials. Former Senator J. William Fulbright, an early critic, as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, of U.S. policy in Indochina had much to do with fostering that skepticism. Now it seems he is beginning to regret it. The press, Fulbright laments in the current Columbia Journalism Review, has become "excessively mistrustful and even hostile" toward Government. He adds: "If once the press was excessively orthodox and unquestioning of Government policy, it has now become almost sweepingly iconoclastic...
...looked forward to the incisive, intelligent and informative reviews of Paul K. Rowe. Now, however, only dull plot summaries appear, with no commentary on whether or not something is worth seeing. As a frugal graduate student, I only buy the Crimson on Thursdays, precisely for its entertainment guide. I regret to say that I will find it necessary to deprive the Crimson of even that small income, if the reviews do not improve, dramatically. Let's bring back Paul K. Rowe, and the good old days! Jonathan Tumin Dept. of Government...
...writing his doctoral dissertation in political science. Now that he has been named White House chief of staff, he should be able to collect enough material for several Ph.D. theses in no time at all. As one Ford supporter said of last week's shakeup: "The only regret I have is that it leaves the White House in complete disarray. Dick Cheney has got a big job ahead of him." Perhaps the most complicated task will be to harness the competing egos and in-'fighting that characterize Ford's staff...