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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Reasoned a senior Administration official: "Why should we hurt ourselves by stopping our efforts to enhance our now normal relationship with China? Let's not be so hysterical about this that we do things that endanger our interest." Said one Sino-Soviet expert: "Secretly, I revel in this sort of thing. Of course, there are hazards in it; there is the danger that the war could upset the stability of the entire region. But from a strictly hardheaded standpoint, the best thing might be that there is no outcome to the Sino-Vietnamese-Soviet conflict, that they all sort...
...since 1975. Though Ma Bell's prices are 10% to 20% higher than most of its competitors, it dominates the PBX market. Contends Dan Hutchings, Bell's PBX marketing supervisor: "We provide more maintenance support for our system, and people will pay a higher price for that sort of quality." The competition has made some inroads, particularly with hotels, hospitals and other institutions that put a higher premium on saving costs than having easy availability to A T & T's extensive maintenance and service market...
...Brooke Library: Out of the Senate, Ed is casting about for a place to hang his shingle. Objection: What sort of example for students is a politician who can't get reelected...
Harvard's Biological Laboratories have made some major contributions to the world of science. City Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci wants contributions of another sort, however--tax dollars. And he's already pushed a motion through the City Council ordering an investigation of the labs' tax status...
...When we say strategic misrepresentation, we're not talking about a person who, when trying to sell a used car, will set back the odometer," Raiffa wrote in this month's Harvard Business School Bulletin. "That sort of scurrilous behavior would not be condoned by me or by any of my students. We are talking about the grayer area where the seller of the car would be willing to sell at $500 but says he would not be willing to take a cent less than...