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Some officials want to spend the excess Wagnalls money in new fields-study-abroad programs, continuing education for housewives, courses in gardening, consumer awareness and, of course, tax law. To soften the impact of the IRS's 5.5% rule on the fund's assets, Fund Director Jerry W. Neff aims to "change the mixture of our investments to emphasize income more and growth less...
...changing style from his leisurely, lofty (and losing) "Conversations with Canadians" of 1972, he toured with his wife Margaret, 25, in grueling 16-hour days, traveling by plane and even whistle-stopping aboard a private nine-car train. While Pierre orated, Margaret used her fresh good looks to help soften Trudeau's abrasive and sometimes arrogant image. "He's a beautiful guy, a very loving human being who has taught me a lot about loving," she told their audiences. "He's shy, modest and very, very kind." Between their Canadian yin-and-yang act, there were...
...pursuit and exercise of power. Few of them ultimately translate their efforts into the small increments that give life the special depth that Jefferson perceived. One wonders about the Watergate criminals and whether things would have been different had these men had other interests with which to soften and better interpret the purpose of power...
Giscard evidently hopes that a less-stiff presidential style will soften his image as a remote aristocrat living in a world of economics dossiers. Above all, a "more relaxed" presidency, Giscard feels, could help reduce the social tensions of a polarized nation...
Wait a minute now, before you go running off to telephone this into Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not. You should be warned that the opponent was MIT, in one of those marathon three-and-a-half-hour Greater Boston League tilts. And to perhaps soften the blow a bit more, only one of the 12 hits was good for more than one base, Ed Durso's leadoff double in the first, and quite a few of the singles were of the scratch variety...