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...Anybody who had the more important positions was given them by merit," Yappert says. "Most of the people," he adds, "who worked at the top were my friends, but they were competent. You have to have confidence in and be able to depend on these people...
...second important underlying premise is the notion that individuals have a right to expect certain services from government. In America, to depend too much on government is seen as a weakness and an inhibitor of freedom. At the simplest level, the logical development of this attitude ensures the freedom to starve or to die of ill-health, through inability to pay the doctor's bills. There is certainly a relationship between the values of a society and the form of its healthcare delivery system. Perhaps Europeans have less cultural and ideological inhibitions in allocating certain tasks to the state...
Given the nature of criminality in America, what can be done to the criminal justice system to reduce crime? Not much, says Silberman. Custom and internal constraints keep crime down, not police, courts or prisons. Ultimately, we depend on our own willingness to obey the law. Yet certain reforms can play a small part...
...effective, Washington believes, the military government will have to remain in control for at least four months. The likelihood of a coalition government after that would depend on whether moderates concede that cooperation with the Shah is better than the risk of an entrenched military regime?or of chaos...
...Western observers, whether the Shah stays or goes will probably depend on himself. A complex man of deep and varying moods, he could in a streak of despondency suddenly decide to give up, leaving a divided Iran that might well face civil war. Diplomats who saw him last week found him in better spirits than before the military changeover; fatigue and strain showed in ( his face, but he was not cracking. Indeed, he appeared to be spurred on by anger over what he feels was the deception and gross negligence of former friends and officials, like Hoveida, on whom...