Word: affectation
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...been an inadequacy of personnel to carry out the plan, there's been inconsistency of planning. I don't know how good the present plan is. It would be a mistake to be overoptimistic." And how did he think Lodge's Viet Nam involvement might affect his run for the G.O.P. nomination? Hedged Nixon: "People I've spoken with here generally rate him as doing a good job. But he is not a policymaker. That's done in Washington." All in all, Nixon made it clear that he thought Lodge's interest-and presumably...
...Cong; although Sihanouk officially denies this, he unofficially promises that if he gets his way on the conference, he will then keep Cambodia from being so used. A formal tie with Red China, which he already calls "our No. 1 friend and protector," would aggravate but need not seriously affect the Vietnamese war. Besides, there is evidence that Red China does not really want a close embrace with Sihanouk, that it prefers the present situation in which Peking carries a minimum of responsibility for Cambodia while the little country causes a maximum amount of trouble for the West...
...after day, the U.S. lodged protests with Soviet officials in Washington, Berlin and Moscow, but the Russians were not listening. At length Johnson warned Moscow that "further delay in the release and return of the crewmen clearly jeopardizes possibilities for expanding areas of United States-Soviet cooperation and can affect present efforts in cooperation in various fields." Stripped of its diplomatic language, Johnson's message to Moscow bluntly suggested that unless the airmen were released, the Soviets risked losing their much-sought charter for a Moscow-New York air route and the opportunity to open a consulate...
...murderer killed with "premeditation and deliberation," has been eliminated. Under the current code, says the commission, "a defendant's life frequently hangs upon a jury's decision concerning a highly technical issue." Under the revised code, there is only one degree of murder; mitigating circumstances would affect the sentence, not the charge...
...same time, Sorensen showed a pride in the craft of politics which he expressed as what "a good politician" should do. Do you get used to criticism? "A good politician has to." Would personal antagonisms affect the choice of the next Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate? "A good politician can't afford to let that happen...