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...billion-the largest net profit ever reported by any industrial company. But Exxon's net in the first quarter of 1975 slipped 11% below the same period a year earlier, when oil prices were still rising; some Wall Street analysts expect company profits to soften even more...
...from the administration. It is doubtful that a simple resumption of aid--if the House also approves this--will promote any gestures of good will towards the Greek Cypriots or the United States, since the threat on an embargo never induced any compromises. But the Turks might consent to soften their position on Cyprus if that was made firm precondition to the sale of arms...
...that separates the poor from the affluent has been a prime source of tension, division and violence in American life. A critical challenge for politicians and economists alike has long been to try to find a way to soften the harsher injustices of U.S. capitalism without crippling it. That is the central dilemma that Economist Arthur Okun faces in an eminently readable, slim new book, Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff, published by the Brookings Institution in Washington...
Last week, in a move to soften international criticism, the U.S. indicated willingness to abandon its longstanding opposition to agreements aimed at stabilizing commodity prices. In a Kansas City, Mo., speech, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said: "We are prepared to discuss new arrangements in individual commodities on a case-by-case basis as circumstances warrant...
Whether these long-and short-term moves will reassure America's Asian friends remains to be seen. One crucial factor that may soften the adverse impact of Indochina on the U.S. is the Moscow-Peking rivalry. Fearing Soviet influence in Hanoi, Peking may oppose North Vietnamese domination of Cambodia and Laos. Peking may also be uneasy because a complete U.S. withdrawal from the region might tempt the Soviets to try to fill the vacuum. "What will happen if the Soviet Union asks the Vietnamese to use Cam Ranh Bay as a naval base?" asks a senior Washington China watcher...