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Prince Sihanouk began the week by warning that he would call on volunteers from China, Russia and other Communist nations if U.S. or South Vietnamese forces entered Cambodia. But, in a surprising turnabout, he later told a reporter for the Washington Post that his army would not necessarily attempt to stop U.S. troops from entering Cambodia in hot pursuit. Provided, he added, that 1) Viet Cong or North Vietnamese troops had entered Cambodia illegally, a move that he now concedes they have made in the past, while continuing to insist they are not there now; 2) the U.S. launches...
...State Department, officials commend TV for its taste in "the invasion of battlefield privacy," but deplore the penchant of correspondents for overplaying each skirmish as some kind of turning point. Only recently, in a rare turnabout, CBS characterized the battle of Loc Ninh as simply the recapturing of a town that was overrun by the enemy, while ABC more correctly described it as one of "the greatest American victories...
...Union Bank Chairman Dr. Alfred Schaefer. "Devaluation alone would only be a temporary measure," said Bank of America President Rudi Peterson. The British are well aware that devaluation alone is not enough. Chancellor Callaghan indicated that the government would couple it with enough muscle at home to ensure a turnabout into the black in the balance of payments of "$1.2 billion a year." The giant Trades Union Congress was due to meet this week to discuss voluntary wage restraints, essential to ensure that a new round of wage and price in creases does not quickly nullify the gains...
...implications of the system were lucidly reflected last month by the peculiar turnabout of Committeeman George F. Olesen. Olesen decided last spring that he wouldn't run for reelection, and the Committee is losing its most colorful though hardly its most progressive members. Olesen is a tall, slightly stooped young man, who roams around the Committee room during meetings, whispering messages into his fellow Independent's ears, always appearing to be lining up the votes for some obscure maneuver. He cross-examines witnesses with the pugnacious gusto of a TV lawyer, and has attacked Mrs. Ackermann with such virulence that...
...century has wrought a remarkable turnabout. When news of Florence's disastrous floods hit the U.S.'s front pages last fall, the whole art world responded. Brown University Professor Bates Lowry was able with little difficulty to organize the distinguished Committee to Rescue Italian Art. CRIA quickly raised approximately $2,000,000 to aid in the restoration of damaged works. Its most recent-and most popular-fund-raising device is "The Italian Heritage," an exhibit on display through Aug. 29 at Manhattan's Wildenstein Gallery, where it has already attracted more than 11,000 visitors...