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...Army and in 1964 to Deputy Defense Secretary, the No. 2 job in the military-a post he had to leave in 1967 because of an excruciatingly painful slipped disc in his spine. To get better support for his back, Vance used to ride in the front seat of command cars, with the result that the aides riding in the rear got all his salutes...
That is doubtful. Nominally, the congress is responsible for drawing up local budgets and passing national policy resolutions. But as the delegates knew, any decisions would be subject to ratification by Gaddafi's all-military Revolutionary Command Council. Still, many of the congress-goers took the floor to express grievances and make their views known. The proceedings, lasting eight to ten hours daily, were telecast nationally, and Gaddafi made no move to clear the hall (as he had done at the congressional session in January) of outsiders who might draw wrong conclusions about Libyan unity...
Gaddafi seems not quite sure how long his xenophobic regime can last, though no members of his Revolutionary Command Council currently challenge his authority. He never leaves the country without turning over control of three key army units to members of his Bedouin family, and Libyan jails contain many political prisoners. But the Egyptians, who in the .words of one official have been actively interested in "stirring up something" against him, admit that they have had no success. Predicts a U.S. diplomat who has watched Gaddafi's theatrics from the sidelines: "Barring a freak accident...
...brought out his cruel, vindictive side. With a flawless Southern accent that testifies to his lifelong perfection of craft, Olivier plays Big Daddy as the feudal lord of "28,000 acres of the richest land this side of the Valley Nile," a man born with the habit of imperial command...
...Incentives are more likely than centralized regulations to achieve effective and efficient results," Schultze said. Such incentives include gasoline and pollution taxes which serve the public good without using "the command-and-control techniques of government bureaucracy," he added...