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...Governor's political pros resigned, including Finance Chairman Anthony Dougherty and Campaign Chairman Thomas Quinn, one of Brown's most trusted and able aides. "Jerry began to believe he was the founder of a new movement, a messiah of sorts," says one former staffer. "He sat around with these people all hours of the night talking about his role as the only person who could prevent nuclear war. He seemed to lose sight of the fact that a successful political operation calls for organization and money." Says former Press Secretary Charlotte Perry: "He drew crowds...
Begin's hard-line policies have also created a painful dilemma for American Jews. Though they have traditionally supported whoever held power in Israel, they now find it increasingly difficult to justify the present government's actions. Reflecting this ambivalence, a senior staffer in the Washington office of a national Jewish organization told TIME: "There's a silent majority that opposes the settlements. They think Begin is hurting Israel's image. He looks too much like a tough guy, especially pushing on Hebron. But American Jews will not tell Israel how to ensure its security. Nothing...
...that the new Administration program, such as it is, will fall far short of supplying the shock treatment that many economic experts believe is necessary to break the whirling inflationary cycle. Meanwhile, there are indications that White House uncertainty is making inflation worse. Said one Senate Banking Committee staffer about credit controls: "The Administration blew it." The mere rumor of controls, he said, caused businesses to borrow extra money so that they would have it before any controls took effect. Similarly, Treasury Secretary G. William Miller and Anti-Inflation Adviser Alfred Kahn acknowledged in a letter to heads...
...much fun." And then there are the official visitors. At the close of last year's Easter recess, the Peking embassy totted up the number of Congressmen, Senators, wives and aides to whom it had played host in a nine-day period. The total: 167. Says an embassy staffer: "We spend at least 50% of our time as glorified travel agents...
...student's search for the ideal summer will take him to Albequerque, N.M., this June as a public relations staffer for a minor league baseball team. Pay: $100 a week. But, the student adds, a chance to watch a lot of baseball...