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...Strauss, the burly boss of the Bavarian branch of the party, which had publicly endorsed Kiesinger the day before. Another was that he fitted the C.D.U.'s concept of a candidate by being not too Gaullist to alienate the party's Atlanticists and not too Catholic to offend the Protestants. But the main factor in Kiesinger's success was that, as a man of moderate, flexible views, he seemed to stand the best chance of forming a coalition with either the Socialists or the Free Democrats. Said he: "I hope for success in forming a solid...
...seemed clear-cut enough to attract strong, long-term support. SDS members complain about the apathy of the average Harvard student. They often yearn for something closer to a Berkeley. The Harvard student body doesn't seem to get stirred up, and the Harvard administration is difficult to offend...
...point of view. We stick to the old American belief that there is an objectivity. If a man says the world is round, we run out to find someone to say it is flat." Network executives are also quick to delete any portion of a news program that might offend any powerful segment of the audience. Top management, said the late Edward R. Murrow, "with a few notable exceptions has been trained in advertising, research, sales or show business. But by the nature of the corporate structure, they also make the final and crucial decisions having to do with news...
...orchestra threatened a walkout because there were no coat hangers in the dressing rooms. Bing merely explained that the Scots have this quaint old custom of hanging their coats on the backs of chairs. Accordingly, when one is in Rome, one ought to, etc., etc., etc. Not wishing to offend, the Italians went native and played molto dolcissimo...
...want to set the precedent of firing a civilian Defense Minister just because a few generals were angry with him. For another, Von Hassel, the former minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein, commands the Protestant northern wing of the Christian Democratic Union, and Erhard does not want to offend some of his staunchest supporters...