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...proposal for clandestine activity. Chaired by Kissinger, the committee is made up of Colby, Deputy Secretary of State Robert S. Ingersoll, Deputy Secretary of Defense William P. Clements Jr., and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General George S. Brown. In his book, Marchetti describes the committee as a rubber stamp that is predisposed to give the CIA what it wants. But others say that the committee frequently rejects or orders revision of CIA proposals. Moreover, recommendations for major covert actions like the Chile operation require presidential approval...
Barely a month in office, President Ford acted last week to reshape his Administration with shifts in diplomatic and domestic personnel. Like Harry Truman, who quickly replaced the Roosevelt team with his own appointees, Ford is determined to put his own stamp on the structure left by his predecessor...
...buying of food by the purchasing division is done on an annual competitive bidding system. After contracts are made, two buyers go directly to the wholesale markets to inspect the products of the 130 vendors from which the department has agreed to buy. When the buyer give his stamp of approval, the food is delivered to the food service areas where it is prepared and served...
...South Korea. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told a Senate subcommittee last week that the Administration opposed discontinuing these payments, although it did not approve of Park's repressive policies. Despite such action by friendly countries, Park gives no indication of letting up on his campaign to stamp out what little local public opposition remains...
Like many composers, Brahms was in the habit of making transcriptions, mainly to double his royalties, although he often concealed his authorship in a pseudonym. This transcription is unsigned, but it carries the unmistakable stamp of the master. No one but Brahms would have dared change the key, Starker points out - an inspired musical per mutation that illuminates the cello's lower register and exploits the instrument's mellow color and timbre. The composer also made some 200 alterations, mostly minor, in the score which he probably recast for his friend, the eminent 19th century cellist Robert Hausmann...