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Walzer added that he thought Israel will withdraw to its pre-1967 borders if it receives normalized relations with the Arab states, and American guarantees of security...
...million-dollar newscaster, Barbara Walters, is "miscast in the anchor spot" and should "withdraw from the news show," declared TV Guide in an editorial. Has Barbara really been doing all that badly? After all, ABC's Nielsen rating has gone up half a point in the nearly five months since Walters went on the evening news. Still, news viewing is up in general, and ABC'S share of the total three-network news audience has not changed. Rallying to Walters' defense, the Washington Post's Sally Quinn argued that Walters' coanchor, Harry Reasoner, should...
Judging from the initial reaction, Jimmy Carter should score with his second choice for director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Heavy opposition forced the President's first nominee, Theodore Sorensen, to withdraw. But Carter's second choice, Annapolis classmate ('46) Admiral Stansfield Turner, has aroused no opposition and seems certain of confirmation...
...violence, the fear that her own writings had contributed to the bloodiness of the uprisings and the slaughter of many young radicals disillusioned Sand, causing her to retreat to her old country home and withdraw from politics to write peacefully until her death in 1876. Horrified by the violence, she opposed the revolutionary uprisings and the rule of the 1871 Commune. But she retained the belief that socialism would occur gradually at a point distantly in the future, writing, "I am, as always socially red...but one must never impose one's convictions by force...
...Fraser bowed out gracefully. Last week he got his reward. Woodcock, who is 65 and must retire this year, announced that after consulting with him, the three other serious contenders for the presidency-U.A.W. Vice Presidents Ken Bannon, Irving Bluestone and Duane ("Pat") Greathouse-all had decided to withdraw. So the 60-year-old Fraser is a shoo-in for election at the union convention...