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...ARBOR, Mich.--Police have compiled a composite sketch of a man they are seeking in connection with the murders of three women near the University of Michigan campus in the last six months...
...last five years. None of the drawings is merely an aesthetic creation or a diagram for future construction; all grow out of Hejduk's intellectual speculations. As he revealed in a lecture given at the GSD last week, Hejduk conceives of his metaphysics graphically--a drawing or quick sketch becomes the articulation of a philosophical idea...
Then it was time for Carter's acceptance speech and an opportunity to take some of the bitterness out of the convention. His aides had said that Carter would try to sketch an inspiring vision of America's future in a calm presidential style, but he fell far short of that...
...described as merely a "talking paper." It bore no relation to anything so grand as an "agreement," "codicil" or a "treaty of Detroit" outlining a "co-presidency"-terms later bandied wildly about the convention hall. A mere 1½ pages of double-spaced typing, it tried to sketch out how Ford would fit into the decisionmaking and paper flow of the White House. One specific point was that Ford would have daily supervisory authority, but not final power of decision, over the National Security Council, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Council of Economic Advisers. Reagan...
...Ford team found the sketch, as one put it, "not unreasonable." It would, in effect, give Ford control over all paper-and thus advice-that would reach the President. The plan also suggested merging somehow the staffs of the two top leaders in the hope of avoiding clashes. But it was all too vague for Ford's men. They had questions. Just who would be in charge of this amorphous staff? From just which agencies and departments would the paper flow to the Vice President...