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Jimmy Carter, in Keeping Faith, acknowledges: "We were somewhat ostentatious about setting a high moral standard for ourselves, and so my Administration was not to be given any room for error by the press." He quotes a good crack by his press secretary, Jody Powell: "There never was a honeymoon with the press, but just a one-night stand." Characteristically, Carter criticizes the press in the words of a "small group of senior political advisers" he had summoned to Camp David: "Everyone agreed that the news media were superficial in their treatment of national and international events and tended...
...correlation can be made between Rauda Marcia's decision and Reagan's new policy, it's a shame the Administration didn't crack down on El Salvador earlier. Washington is in a position to dictate positive, pragmatic changes to the Salvadorans without resorting to military aid. If those in power don't hesitate to use that influence, more chaos in El Salvador--and more deaths--can still be avoided...
...There's no competition," said Thomas J. Gill '86, "You're just out there to talk and crack jokes and have a good time...
That is precisely General Wojciech Jaruzelski's dilemma. The new threats may do little more than further diminish morale and productivity, while failing to curb political dissent. But if Jaruzelski does not crack down, he may face difficult challenges from increasingly impatient hard-liners within his own regime. One such warning came last week at a Central Committee meeting when a letter from former Politburo Member Tadeusz Grabski was circulated accusing the government of allowing Poland to slide into anarchy. Any new power struggle among Poland's Communists would not only jeopardize Jaruzelski's hold on power...
...council's handsome war chest promises to be an object of repeated dispute this term as individuals and groups get their first crack at the spoils collected from $10 term-bill fees. And Smith's responsibilities include chairing the Grants Committee--which will recommend how the council should distribute these coveted funds...