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Meese, who likes to lug home a bulging briefcase, concentrates on developing policy positions; Baker, who scorns paperwork, keeps a sharp eye on political affairs; Deaver is the devoted guardian and shaper of Reagan's schedule. Says one aide who has watched them closely: "No one can put himself in the President's shoes, when it comes to personal and many political considerations, the way Deaver can. No one can put himself in the President's mind, when it comes to difficult policy questions, the way Meese...
Haig pledged to resurrect Henry Kissinger's policy of "linkage" in foreign affairs, meaning that U.S. relations with the Soviet Union will be directly affected by Moscow's behavior anywhere in the world. Haig promised that he would be the principal shaper of the Administration's foreign policy, not incoming National Security Adviser Richard Allen. This statement led Democratic Senator John Glenn of Ohio to observe wryly that Allen has been saying too frequently on TV interview shows that he will keep a low profile. "You have your work cut out for you in that area," Glenn...
...chief architect of the 1972 SALT I accord, a shaper of SALT II and an old hand at analyzing the dynamics of the U.S.-Soviet relationship, Kissinger had long been awaited at the hearings. On Tuesday spectators began lining up for seats hours before he testified, and the Caucus Room was filled to capacity for his appearance before the Foreign Relations Committee. Thursday he came before the Armed Services Committee. Senators of both parties clearly were dazzled by Kissinger; their questioning was deferential and they frequently addressed him as "Mr. Secretary...
...three primary points: Donovan would report directly to the President (among White House staffers, only National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan now have that access); he would take no part in Carter's re-election campaign; and he would not be an image shaper for the President. Donovan said he had been "very impressed by the sincerity with which the President described his need and the country's need for the job. It was difficult to resist such an appeal put on the grounds of public service...
Died. Eliot F. Noyes, 66, tastemaking industrial designer, architect, artist and wholesale shaper of corporate images and buildings (IBM world's fair pavilions, Mobil's cylindrical gas pumps), whose abiding reverence was for pure functionalism and uncluttered, recognizable packaging ("Familiarity breeds acceptance," he once quipped); of a heart attack; in New Canaan, Conn...