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...dozen black American journalists visited Uganda some months ago and concluded that Amin had been much maligned. But neither hired hands nor strangers are the best judges of Uganda today. Says Thomas Patrick Melady, Washington's last ambassador in Kampala: "I hold that Amin is thoroughly sane, totally shrewd and fully accountable for every action...
...shoo-in for Indira. That was the dominant opinion when, after a year and a half of "emergency" rule, India's Prime Minister two months ago called elections for mid-March. Presumably, went the argument, shrewd Indira Gandhi would not be going to the voters unless she was certain of victory. But by last week, many observers in New Delhi were convinced that the elections Mrs. Gandhi could not lose had turned into a horse race...
...notorious at first for her courtroom miniskirts, but before she had completed her term as assistant Watergate special prosecutor, Jill Wine Volner had established a reputation as a cool, shrewd and resourceful lawyer. After 1½ years in private practice in Washington, D.C., Volner, 33, has accepted a post as General Counsel of the Army, in charge of thousands of Army lawyers around the world. "It's a rare challenge. It's having an impact on things that matter," said Jill. She may also have her foot in the right door. Her predecessors in the job: Secretary...
...Democratic national chairman four years ago. He seemed to be taking on an impossible task. The fractured and fractious party had just gone down to a disastrous defeat with Candidate George McGovern, who carried only one state (Massachusetts) and the District of Columbia. Through a combination of shrewd politicking and good-humored bullying-"He is the only person I know who can call you a son of a bitch and leave you laughing!" says an admirer-Strauss succeeded brilliantly in reconciling the party's warring wings into a reasonably coherent organization...
Lance, a friend of Carter's for more than 10 years, served as Georgia highway commissioner when Carter was Governor. His country-boy manner masks a shrewd, tough mind. Says New York Republican Barber Conable, ranking minority member of the House Ways and Means Committee: "Bert does a lot of talking about being a country boy. You know that kind-when he shakes your hand, you had better count your fingers." Cabinet members who appealed to Carter to restore Lance's cuts in their budgets were rebuffed. Says Jordan, no pushover himself as a bureaucratic infighter...