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...voters were influenced by Papandreou's foreign policy views. More than a quarter expressed concern about the country's economy, which for the third straight year is plagued by inflation running at more than 20%. Another quarter simply thought it was time for allagi (change), the watchword of Papandreou's campaign...
...Chief of Staff Jack Watson, who is overseeing the transition from the Carter side, opened with gallows humor: "Now we're going to have the exchange of prisoners." But he soon turned serious, telling the Carter people: "This is not a time for political debate. Continuity is the watchword...
Yale is clearly at its weakest in the secondary. "Inexperience" has been the watchword here, and, as Cozza admits, the Elis "have been exploited all year in the secondary." Cornerback Dave Daughtery and safety Mike Muscatello, a player who covers the field well but defenses the pass poorly, will more than have their hands filled with Harvard's lightning quick quarterback-turned-split-end Ron Cuccia. Most observers say the Harvard attack will stand or fall on the strength of its air game.25CrimsonNevin I. ShalitPHIL MANLEY...
...source of most trouble in the world is the Communist drive for global domination; at home, the fount of most American woes is the overblown, endlessly intrusive Federal Government. In foreign affairs, the U.S. must build up its military power and face down the Soviets. At home, Regan watchword will be less: less federal spending, less taxation, less regulation, less federal activism in directing the economy and curing social ills-in fact, less Government period...
...line with this, Sagan's watchword is a citation from Bertrand Russell: "William James used to preach the will to doubt." This is, of course, a sound scientific viewpoint. What's awry in Broca's Brain is that Segan doesn't practice this, save for one chapter. His essay on Emmanuel Velikovsky takes a once popular but porous theory explaining a series of converging mythological catastrophes and subjects it to an exacting analysis. This piece, three times as long as any other, is the most interesting, the most developed, and certainly the most scientifically responsible in the book...