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Despite the high stakes for him as well as the nation, François Mitterrand stayed serenely above the battle, employing the same tactic that had served him so well in the last stages of the presidential race. Embodying the force tranquille of his campaign slogan, he issued only one brief political statement last week, urging voters to "give me the means to apply my program." The new President actually sought to avoid appearing in public or on television. Leaving campaign strategy in the hands of Premier Pierre Mauroy, Mitterrand spent his long workdays huddling with aides over economic reform plans...
...OPEC'S sky-high-priced product is now weakening in markets everywhere, and stockpiles are steadily swelling. The result is that oil prices in some places are actually declining. But despite the softening oil market, the 13 oil ministers last week were unable to agree upon the one tactic that petroleum-consuming countries fear the most: a cut in production coupled to a rise in price...
...MacArthur Foundation tries a new philanthropic tactic...
...disgusted by the New Right's latest tactic: a full-page Crimson advertisement by the National Defeat Legal Services Committee (May 8). I searched in vain for any facts in their propaganda. The legal services program, administered by the Legal Services Corporation, handled 1.5 million legal matters in 1980, benefiting millions of low-income people. Most of the issues involved the areas of consumer law, housing law, administrative benefits and family law. These problems may seem routine, but they are of critical importance to poor people. Over 97 per cent of legal services funds are used for the support...
...member Sierra Club has chosen direct attack. It is circulating a petition demanding that Watt be fired. "We're trying to provide a way for an outraged public to express itself to the federal officials closest to them," explains Executive Director Michael McCloskey. Other groups disagree with this tactic. "We've got to go after specific programs," says Jack Lorenz, executive director of the 50,000-member Izaak Walton League of America. "If we can't go after the program, we shouldn't be in business...