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...campaign may not be any kind of vague diplomatic or legislative program--although the candidates try hard to differentiate themselves here--but what a Dedham real estate man terms "strong, trustworthy leadership." Voters, as a whole, seem less outraged by Mayor Lindsay's anguished call that "we've gotten off the track" than by drift in Vietnam, dabbling with inflation, and shilly-shallying on riots. Lyndon Johnson's oft-affirmed practice of seeking a high middle ground has gotten him--and men like Nixon and Humphrey--in more hot water than the grinding poverty and casualty rates which produce...
...Gaulle, despite his decision to dismiss Pompidou, had actually settled on him as his successor in the presidency. Most people felt, however, that it was simply a case of an old man canning a younger potential rival who, in the words of one of Pompidou's aides, "had gotten too big too soon." Any doubt that Pompidou was sacked was more or less dispelled when Couve re appointed practically every Minister in the old Cabinet-an indication that De Gaulle wanted only a change of Premier...
...first concert was held on the last weekend in March. Fleming then met the Ill Wind, who became his most regular performers, and many other local groups with whom to stock his shows. He's gotten local groups (The Cloud, Quill, The Beacon St. Union, the Ill Wind), two Harvard groups (the Bead Game and Listening), and even visiting national recording groups (Clear Light and the Buddy Guy Blues Band) to play for periods of half an hour or longer --all for free...
...gave a talk at his daughter Patricia's graduation from Manhattan's Finch College. So certain is he that he has the nomination in hand that he plans virtually to ignore Rockefeller, reasoning that any response would only give the Governor a bigger target. "We've gotten where we are without using the politics of confrontation," said one Nixonite, "and we see no reason to change our plan...
...implies that it is rather too democratic (it is published for profit, and one is not likely to buy it if one is not in it). Some citizens who are Real choose not to be listed. The author quotes Novelist Louis Auchincloss, however, who says: "The Social Register has gotten so enormous that it looks rather peculiar...