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...some political observers, the real surprise was not that Heath went down to defeat but that he had stayed in command of the party as long as he had. His general-election record was poor (one win and three losses to Harold Wilson's Labor!tes). He also had a largely well-deserved reputation for refusing to take anyone's counsel but his own, as well as an unendearing public image as a prickly, self-righteous schoolmaster. Paradoxically, some of the handicaps that led to his downfall had helped keep him in power. After ten years of Heath...
...amiability. But his critics contend that he lacks both the temperament and the intellect to deal with the heated polemic exchanges that characterize parliamentary debate. Especially in the critical field of economics, Whitelaw would have a hard time standing up to the combined dialectics and expertise of Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey...
...Harold L. Goyette, director of the University planning office said yesterday that the increased parking rates have no bearing on the compliance with the EPA regulations. "They are intended only to shift some of the costs from the Faculty to the user," Goyette said...
Robert Pressman and Eric VanLoon, two of the lawyers for the NAACP, are now employed by the Harvard Center for Law and Education. Pressman now serves as the center's director, and a third plaintiff attorney, J. Harold Flannery, is the former acting director...
Politics undoubtedly played a role, although a minor one. Only last week Prime Minister Harold Wilson tentatively set a June date for a referendum on whether Britain should remain in the Common Market-and some members of the Labor government see the chunnel as an undesirable link with the Continent. Indeed, many Labor M.P.s cheered enthusiastically when the project was killed. Still, the decision was based more on economics than on politics. Just 18 months ago, the cost for the tunnel was estimated at $2 billion. Today the figure has risen to more than $4.5 billion. Although the construction...