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...periphery by Haldeman but who was now back as one of Nixon's principal props. Nixon wanted to bring in Alexander Haig as chief of staff, she told me, for a week or two. He was afraid I might resent seeing my former subordinate in a technically superior position. She hoped that when Nixon told me the next morning, I would not give him a hard time; I should remember that he needed bolstering and support. She was, of course (she said), calling on her own without her boss's knowledge. (The odds were that he was standing...
This is no more than saying that I recognized Haig as formidable. One of the most useful tools for a chief of staff is to present unpleasant orders as emanating from an implacable superior; it was a tactic I used in my relationship to Nixon. Nor had I strenuously objected when others had put me in the position of the good guy in the White House. In that sense Haig hoisted me with my own petard...
...gamesmanship. Yet How to Make War is far more than "Dungeons and Dragons" for grownups. One Dunnigan scenario of how World War III could come about touches on the irrational, which is history as it endlessly reveals itself: "A vicious circle develops as each side suspects the other of superior technical performance. Lacking any means to validate this performance, the claims become even more outrageous and expensive ... In Russia, where the spirit and practice of the Potemkin village (a false front, as in motion picture sets) still lives, the national mania for secrecy only makes the problem worse. The possibilities...
McCurdy's concerted effort to obtain a superior facility is typical of Harvard coaches, Oomen said, "What I have learned is that these coaches are so demanding. They want the best for the money." he said And he and other planners have tried to meet these demands. "We find the best technology and use it in the best interest of sports," he said...
Second seed Nina porter from Trinity advanced with a three game win, setting a standard which third-seed Karen Kelso matched by destroying Harvard's Laura Kaye. 15-6, 15-11. 15-13 Kelso used a superior repertoire of shots to overpower the local favorite who entered the intercollegiates unbeaten in match play this year...