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...obviously false and malicious. I demand an immediate apology." Scoop said later: "A man who made the kind of gutless attack he made is the lowest form of humanity." He was especially annoyed that the innuendos came on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary. Rockefeller, however, showed no sign of repentance or even concern. At first, he declined to discuss the issue since he considered his remarks off the record. Then he sent Jackson a message that fell miles short of an apology: "I have made no charges and therefore there are none to be withdrawn...
...week of bloodshed was climaxed by a hopeful gesture on the political front. Christian Maronite President Suleiman Franjieh, finally acceding to pressures from both Moslems and his own supporters, agreed to sign a constitutional amendment providing for the early election of a new head of state. To virtually all parties, Franjieh's replacement is an essential prerequisite to any political settlement. Indeed, before Franjieh ended his holdout last week, Moslem Leftist Leader Kamal Jumblatt had issued a grim ultimatum: he would form "a revolutionary government" and "liberate" Christian strongholds unless the President left office...
Another encouraging sign about Kearns's chances for tenure is the favorable reception senior faculty have given her book. "I think very highly of it," Don K. Price, dean of the Kennedy School of Government, said last Monday, echoing the sentiments of other professors who called it a "great book" and an "excellent institutional analysis...
...committee favors reduced admissions and an increase in funding from the University. "Grad students are extremely unified in their reaction to this problem" the member said, adding that "we're fairly certain that most people who read the petition will sign...
Free agency, in one form or another, is an idea whose time is now. Phillie Pitcher Tug McGraw thinks the hassling among owners and players is a healthy sign. "It's to the benefit of everybody that all this surfaces," he says. "We are no longer going to be fooled into thinking that it is just a little boy's game we are playing out there." During his eight years as a Met, says McGraw, "the line had always been that we were a part of this big happy family. We were always the 'sons...