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...production will rise, the U.S. economy's recovery from its worst slump since the 1930s will be swift. But business has fallen to such low levels, and has so far to climb back, that even a vigorous upturn will leave unemployment dismayingly high through 1976. That is the consensus of members of TIME'S Board of Economists, who assembled in Manhattan last week to discuss, among other key issues, the probable course of the nation's bounce back from recession. Board Member Arthur Okun sums up: "The rate of growth in the economy is going...
...about-face in Viet Nam has hurt American credibility. American Air Force bases here were regarded as an aid to Spanish security. Now there is a consensus that they are a threat to our security because of the decline of American power and influence in the world...
...must start by not expecting complete consensus, except in times of a major war. A coherent foreign policy must start with a coherent view of our purposes as a nation, and it is not a bad thing if two or more strong views of the national purpose are in contention. But one such view must be advocated and articulated by the Administration, far more clearly than the Ford Administration has done. Indeed, that should be one of the definitions of an Administration: that it has a clear view of the national purpose. Opposition politicians are entitled to oppose. Private citizens...
...Mere Stripling. In Moscow, the consensus among foreign diplomats was that Shelepin's fall had not been caused by policy differences but by power politics. According to one scenario, Shelepin was caught organizing a faction that would have seized power when the ailing Brezhnev retired or died. Now Brezhnev can probably count on eight votes, including his own, on issues that come before the 15 remaining Politburo members. This might enable him to engineer an orderly transfer of power at the 25th Party Congress that is scheduled to begin next February. Current favorite to succeed him, at least...
...meeting's participants said he left that "the only reason any consensus was achieved at all was that the proposals which were read at the final meeting were watered down and innocuous, calling only for 'thought' along certain lines, not for specific actions...