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...term appropriations proposals in the past on the grounds that they would vest the Executive Branch with too much backdoor, discretionary power in doling out aid. This argument is likely to be heard again from a Congress determinedly asserting its foreign prerogatives. Even so, Nixon's proposal offers smoother organization and some long-needed overhauls in the kind and tone of American foreign...
Captain Harman also seemed quite pleased with the victory. "The boat could have been smoother." he commented, "but it definitely felt powerful...
...American official intimately concerned with the bombing recently explained the change: "Sullivan was constantly on the outs with the Air Force. Oftentimes he'd have to go all the way to Washington to do what he wanted. But under Godley, things are much smoother. Everything is worked out here. Basically, he allows them to do what they want on the 'Trail' and in return he gets the aircraft he wants elsewhere. His requests have top priority...
...Boston Garden last weekend. Ryan won the Carens Mile, beating Quirk, Diehl, and Spengler, and he is the favorite in the GBC's. But the smoother surface in the Bubble and a partisan crowd make the outcome less predictable. Ryan is likely to take the lead early and try to hold off the others in the final laps...
Apart from broadcasting status, the picturephones contribute little to the smoother workings of Government. To Egghead Kissinger, they are a technological mystery. He will not call on the device, but does take calls, with a bit of fuming and fussing as he tries to work the thing. "Technology gone mad," he has been heard to mutter. One day when a picturephone call came in, Ehrlichman's large, balding head materialized on Kissinger's screen and his deep voice intoned: "Push the center button, Henry...