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...Tranquil Team...
...music of life in France can be savage and wild one moment and tranquil and melancholy the next. In May the government had completely abdicated power and ten million workers had joined the students in the streets. Came September and not only were the students isolated from the population but again badly split among themselves...
...overhauled the university in this and other ways, the university must not turn its back on society. It has come too far to retreat to the concept of Little Ivy espoused by Professor Ulam. Shutting out political controversy and the mania for "relevance" might indeed bring forth a tranquil university. A tranquil university, though, would also be a dead...
Change will not come tomorrow, for Ho and other leaders had tried to lay the groundwork for a tranquil succession. Over the past several years, Ho had gradually moved away from the day-to-day exercise of power, turning over routine responsibilities to a triumvirate consisting of Premier Pham Van Dong, Party First Secretary Le Duan and high-ranking Politburo Member Truong Chinh, all in their early 60s (see box, page 28). For the immediate future, Ho's title will probably be taken by Vice President Ton Due Thang, an 81-year-old nonentity. Actual power will probably be wielded...
...these and other basic questions will depend largely on the views of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington's watchdog over Wall Street. The times would seem to call for a tough-minded decision maker as SEC chairman. In Hamer H. Budge, the SEC has instead a tranquil, kindly administrator who has a penchant for delay. In addition, Budge last week was accused of "gross, clear, conspicuous, transparent conflict of interest...