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...free enterprise, as Minister of Finance. Of course, the Socialists would oppose any conservative trends, espcially those which impinge upon the rights of labor and the urban poor. Whatever the case, the ideological diversity of the Janata will lead to greater intra-party and intra-cabinet democracy. Compromise and consensus will form policy, rather than the arbitrary fiats of Gandhi...
...consensus of good feeling about the new Administration is remarkably broad. In fact, 42% of those who voted for Gerald Ford in the election now say their impression of Carter has improved since then. As he begins making hard decisions on energy policy, welfare reform and taxes, this glorious glow about Carter's performance will doubtless pale. For the moment, however, he has brought a substantial lift to the morale of Americans. TIME's national mood indicator, based on a series of questions that measure people's confidence in the U.S., has risen to 47%, up seven...
...this welter of conflicting interests-industrial, regional, ideological-Jimmy Carter and Jim Schlesinger must seek to fashion a national consensus. The stage is set for a full-scale political drama, most likely a cliffhanger. As a leading character in that drama, Schlesinger, for all his unwillingness to suffer those he considers fools, should have a reassuring effect. As he puffs on his briar and voices dispassionate opinions about the looming crisis, he exudes the old-fashioned values of patriotism and self-reliance. The energy crisis is making that turn of mind much needed for Americans of today-and tomorrow...
...generations of weaponry and a deep reduction in the strategic arms of both sides." Then, with a candor unusual in a foreign policy address, he disclosed a possible negotiating fallback position, suggesting "a limited agreement based on those elements of the Vladivostok accord on which we can find complete consensus, [setting aside] the more contentious issues...
...opens his report with the statement that the University has "entered a period of precarious stability" after 25 years of growth and change, then student unrest, and at last financial stringency. If this stability--based as it seems to be on a general consensus that what's good for Harvard is good for the nation--is precarious, then it's hard to help asking what kind of stability is unshakeable...