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What in the world has come over Nixon in the last year? Why does he act as if he's gotten tired of the Constitution? For an answer, I suggest that we go back a year to the President's China trip and ask ourselves what he liked about the Chinese system of government...
THINGS HAVE NOT gotten any better in East Cambridge since Larry Largey was allegedly beaten to death by two Cambridge policemen. Over 500 windows were broken in Roosevelt Towers last month alone. Rubbish and beer cans, many of them drained by the kids, litter the hallways. Shut out of the Langley Teen Center by the Recreation Department, kids hang out under the protected benches or in the shadows of the same doorways they have frequented for the last three years...
However, the Bureau did take steps recently to reopen the Langley Teen Center under community direction. This seems to be a step in the right direction, and without Saravelas's efforts, the negotiations may never have gotten off the ground. But this proposal originated with a staff member, and some are wondering if Saravelas backed it because of some larger aspirations for increasing his own prestige by taking over parts of other city departments...
...sponsored by Northern Aid in support of Irish unification. There are a few skirmishes with the police, but the tone is definitely one of romantic American American support for the glorious struggle taking place over there. Intercut with this is a sobering interview of a Catholic couple, he having gotten out of Long Kesh internment camp a little while ago, and she crippled permanently by a British Army soldier's bullets. That the Provisional IRA is supported almost totally by contributions from Americans is no secret, but there is nevertheless a severe discrepancy between the fancy parade image...
...still has the power. There are worlds yet to conquer. He will dominate our lives right up to the end. But there has been a subtle change. The political carnivores of Washington have gotten the message that his power is finite...