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...been a 'character' at any time or in any part of the world...The information in the diary may in the end be judged secondary to its picture of a remarkable human being--self-important, impetuous, pugnacious, tormented by self-doubts and yet stubborn to the point of mulishness, vain, jealous, and suspicious almost to the point of paranoia; and yet at the same time deeply affectionate and warmhearted, 'as sociable as any Marblehead man,' irrepressibly humorous, passionately devoted all his life to the welfare of his country, and as courageous a diplomat as his country ever...
...TAXES. Nowhere has the breakdown in communication been more evident than in the Administration's vain effort to put through a $1.7 billion tax credit for plant modernization. Though intended as a gesture to business, it died because businessmen opposed it, figuring that it would only defer what they really wanted: a $5 billion across-the-board liberalization of depreciation allowances. Businessmen are also worried about the possibility of higher taxes in January and petty tax annoyances right now. An airline president gripes about the Internal Revenue Bureau's crackdown on convention expenses; a major oil company president...
...efforts," said Quadros in a farewell statement, "were in vain to lead this nation in the direction of its true economic and political freedom. I wanted Brazil for Brazilians. I had to face and fight corruption, lies and cowardliness. However, I feel crushed. Terrible forces came forward to fight me and to defame...
Waiting Till Spring. The monkey-brain test is admittedly arbitrary, because no human being is likely ever to get the vaccine that way, even by accident. So some experts would like to see it dropped. Vaccinventor Sabin calls it "an insignificant test." But Dr. Jonas E. Salk tried in vain to block general release of any oral vaccine this year except for an emergency stockpile for Government controlled use in epidemics. The National Foundation's Basil O'Connor snorted: "It is totally unorthodox to license part of a vaccine." Some manufacturers guessed that release of Type III oral...
...Laos should now go Communist, Sihanouk is sadly certain that Cambodia must eventually follow suit: "That is precisely why I struggled, unfortunately in vain, for a truly neutral Laos. Common frontiers are almost invariably sources of incidents and ouarrels. I am aware that a Communist Laos will give us, through force of circumstance, much worry...