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...Angeles defense attorney hired by Hawaii to handle the case, had no choice but to move for dismissal. Said Cooper to the court as Hansen was set free and Fasi taken off the hook: "Justice has been thwarted." So, too. may be Ariyoshi's hopes for a second term...
...visit should heal whatever damage was done; that familiar Middle East term "momentum" seemed still in force, thanks chiefly to the efforts of Begin and Sadat at their Christmas meeting in Ismailia. Though the meeting was roundly criticized last week-by many Arabs who felt that Begin had offered too little, and by right-wing Israelis who felt that their Premier had gone too farthe effort had produced some promising results. For the first time, Arabs and Israelis had embarked on high-level negotiations face to face. To be sure, they were unable to settle on a joint declaration...
...clear that he felt each President should choose a Fed chairman whose views were compatible with his own-and he has chafed increasingly under Burns' open criticism of White House policy. But could Carter afford to dump the legendary and controversial Burns when his second four-year term as chairman of what has been called the nation's "Supreme Court of money" expires Jan. 31? At 73, Burns had become a rock-like symbol of resistance to inflation at home and a champion of a strong dollar abroad. He was trusted and admired by U.S. businessmen and foreign...
What now for Arthur Burns? The President asked Burns to stay on as one of the Federal Reserve's seven governors; Burns' 14-year term in that post does not expire until 1984. Burns replied in stratospheric fashion: "The good doctor is in the habit of thinking now and then, and he'll have to think this over carefully." His decision may well be no. He could make good money on the lecture circuit, in the manner of Henry Kissinger or Gerald Ford. He does not seem to regard Miller as a dangerous radical whose influence would...
That same frugality has kept Textron remarkably free of borrowing. At the beginning of last year, its long-term debt totaled only $227 million, minuscule for a company of Textron's size, and especially for a conglomerate. Some of Miller's ideas for managing the economy are equally conservative. For example, he believes that the Government should increase capital investment by giving business higher depreciation allowances and increased investment tax credits...