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...illness will lose their balance, and those who are healthy will eventually become symptomatic after prolonged exposure to the toxicity of marijuana." In addition, Kolansky appeared to dispute the widely held belief of drug experts that marijuana users do not generally escalate to heroin. "If nothing is done to strengthen marijuana enforcement," he said, "heroin addiction will become as epidemic in two years as marijuana...
...Kissinger did not intend to become a man of particular influence," Thomas Schelling, Kissinger's closest colleague on the Harvard Faculty, said recently. "I think he honestly thought that there was a more detached role for himself." So Kissinger had gone to Washington to whittle down the options and strengthen Nixon's hand; his own influence could be determined only by the chemistry of his relationship with the President...
...private drawing room, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat confided to an American visitor early last week that he might shortly move to consolidate his power. He had just dismissed his chief rival, left-leaning Vice President Ali Sabry (TIME, May 17), and he hinted at further moves to strengthen his hold. Even so, few expected him to move as quickly and boldly as he did. Later in the week, in rapid-fire succession, Sadat fired Egypt's tough Interior Minister Shaarawi Gomaa and accepted the resignations of War Minister General Mohammed Fawzi, Minister for Presidential Affairs Sami Sharaf...
Thus, even after the current crisis subsides, no patchwork solution is likely to long maintain an international monetary system based on the weakened dollar. The U.S. obviously needs to strengthen its currency, but how can it do so? There are many courses of action open to the Nixon Administration, but several have their own drawbacks...
...create a military aid setup to underwrite the Nixon Doctrine while turning economic development funds over to a new International Development Corporation. Closely tailored to the recommendations of a presidential commission headed by Rudolph Peterson, the plan could result in a more streamlined, utilitarian foreign aid program that would strengthen allies-militarily and economically-with limited American involvement. The reorganization would...