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...other controversies were also in the news during this period, one over the so-called White House "plumbers," assigned to stanch leaks of information, the other over the wiretapping of individuals suspected of being responsible for such leaks. As Kissinger writes: "No doubt Administrations tend to confuse what is embarrassing politically with what is essential for national security-the Nixon Administration perhaps more than most. But few Administrations since the Civil War faced a more bitter assault on their purposes, a more systematic attempt to thwart their policies by civil disobedience or a more widely encouraged effort to sabotage policies...
Buildings and Grounds workers tried feverishly to stanch the flow, but the ancient pipes and hard-to-find shutoffs thwarted their efforts till nearly 11 p.m. When they finally fixed the leak, the Yard drained quickly and subsequent inspections revealed only minor damage to building basements and underground library stacks. By early morning, only a layer of mud was left as proof of the nighttime flood...
Long the bible of New York's ethnic and blue-collar communities, the News started to slip as its traditional audience moved to the suburbs. Circulation dropped from 1.9 million in 1975 to 1.5 million last spring. To stanch the flow, the News and the parent Chicago Tribune Co. decided to seek a new readership among New York commuters and affluent Manhattan residents. They launched Tonight as a sophisticated answer to Rupert Murdoch's sensation-mongering New York Post, which had the afternoon market all to itself. Clay Felker, who had founded New York magazine, was brought...
...Reagan Administration plans to respond to the alien crisis this week with a new set of guidelines on immigration. The proposals, which must be approved by Congress, would increase slightly the number of legal immigrants allowed into the U.S. At the same time, the Government would try to stanch the flow of illegal aliens by strengthening the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and by levying penalties on employers who hire illegal aliens...
...life, not its death. Hollywood may be a company town-as Scorsese notes, "Everything is geared to turning out the product"-but United Artists is not Chrysler. This gaggle of statistics can act as balm to the harried film maker's brow, but is unlikely to stanch the malaise. If Hollywood is conducting business as usual, few people seem enthusiastic about the enterprise. Robert Redford, 43, whose directorial debut, Ordinary People, is the odds-on favorite in the Oscar sweepstakes, asserts that the industry's "obsession with demographics has produced mass-market films-and people finally get used...