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Indonesia's Suharto is a shrewd pragmatist, but he is also a man who grew up amid the Moslem, Hindu and animist influences of central Java. He frequently plans strategy with military men on the golf course, listens to his impressive array of American-trained economists, and keeps abreast of current trends via tape-recorded textbooks. Suharto also relies on his spiritual advisers. Since his youth, he has consulted an influential mystical teacher, Raden Mas Darjatmo, who serves as a combination dukun, kebatinan (medium) and guru. Suharto often seeks out his old dukun when he visits his home village...
There is a gamble in Nixon's decision to commit himself so heavily, but it seems a shrewd one. If the Republicans sustain serious setbacks, he will suffer a blow to his prestige. However, losses in a mid-term election are likely to be soon forgotten or explained away, while any gain in strength will be a boost for Nixon, allowing the President to claim that he has won a national referendum on his policies...
Whether traditional Tydings supporters will be angered enough by these single issues to vote against a man whose whole record they admire will determine whether the election will go to Tydings' Republican opponent, Rep. J. Glenn Beall. Beall, like Tydings the son of a former Senator, is a shrewd politician who was persuaded to give up his safe seat in the House to oppose one of the chief targets of Agnewian attacks. Tydings is rated high on the White House target list, and Beall will not lack support, financial and otherwise, from the Administration. Beall is running a classic middle...
...ouster and the subsequent American-South Vietnamese invasion. Cambodia is hardly a model of stability and permanence today, and martial law still prevails. But Lon Nol seems to have impressed many of his countrymen with his honesty and courage. Deputy Premier Sisowath Sirik Matak has won respect as a shrewd and sophisticated politician, and the government is no longer seen as a here-today, gone-tonight proposition. Particularly noteworthy is the support it enjoys among Cambodia's embryonic professional and middle classes, and among the country's students...
Assuming the underdog role in a state where Agnew is not particularly popular was a shrewd move. Goodell, who in the last two years has earned a national reputation as a leading Administration critic of the war, is seeking election to a full term. He is beset by a strong Democratic candidate in Richard Ottinger, the Buckley candidacy and defections in Republican ranks because of his liberal stance. While he has been careful not to attack the President personally during the campaign, he is presenting himself as an independent, principled Republican who will not bow to high-level pressure...