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...losing fight on the nomination of South Carolina Judge Clement Haynsworth to the Supreme Court was a clear warning that he cannot expect help from moderate and liberal Republicans on any strategy, "Southern" or otherwise, that might offend their own constituents. The Administration's proposal to weaken voting rights legislation as desired by Southern states stalled after passing the House, but may succeed in the second session. On the other hand, the Administration united with liberals last week to save its "Philadelphia Plan" for expanding construction-job opportunities for Negroes (see BUSINESS). Cabinet officials reversed themselves on an amendment...
...negotiations on other issue-most notably an overall European security treaty and other agreements that renounce the use of force. One reason may be that Moscow still fears even a divided Germany, and would like to neutralize it. Another may be the Soviet conviction that even minor accommodations will weaken the ties between Bonn and its NATO allies...
...occasions. One was in 1958 over the ill-conceived Great Leap Forward. Another was in 1962, when Mao decided to send party cadres to work among the peasants. "Damn it," he reportedly complained, "we have not even completed our revolution in Peking. How can we make progress if we weaken our organization by sending cadres down to labor...
...very gravity of the situation may cause Indira and her foes to overcome their differences, but the split has already caused damage. Even if they once more patch up their quarrel, the spectacle of the public spats can only weaken the party's appeal to India's voters...
...violent action. They may help to bring pressure on the government to end the war through activity in the societies at large. However, violent activity against the university with an aim to purify it of the sins which it shares with the rest of society is likely merely to weaken the university without appreciably depriving the Defense Department or anyone else of the services they now receive...