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...week campaign followed the tried-and-true Kennedy formula. Brother-in-law Steve Smith mobilized minions and money with customary efficiency. The Senator, when not in Africa, campaigned happily up and down the sidewalks of New York with a dazed-looking Silverman in tow. In a ludicrous attempt to offset Bobby's righteous rhetoric and familial charisma, the opposition made the wild charge that Kennedy opposed Klein because Boss Jones is a Negro. Neither this nor the more reasonable argument that Kennedy had entered the fight merely to increase his influence got very far. The vote last week...
...choice of billing procedures was extended to doctors in order to permit them to continue the common practice of charging wealthier patients more than others, to help offset the costs of charity work. What the Federal Government hoped was that doctors would bill directly only those patients they expected to pay higher-than-average fees, thus eliminating the possibility that an "unreasonable" excess might be tacked onto the bill of a patient who could not afford it. But when the question came to a vote in the house of delegates, the moderates were overridden and all A.M.A. doctors were urged...
While U.S. forces may eventually be able to leave Europe, that day is not imminent simply because the Seventh Army is there, quite aside from NATO, to face and help offset Russia's 20 divisions in East Germany. To preserve equilibrium, any drastic diminution of American strength would have to be balanced by a corresponding increase in European strength. But prosperous Europe shows few signs of wanting to shoulder the burden; West Germany, for example, considers any further expansion of the Bundeswehr out of the question. Still, the Seventh Army is a political tool as well as a military...
...political power was allocated among such persons as President Johnson, U.S. Senators, Premier of South Viet Nam, Viet Cong and Ho Chi Minh in realistic ratios; to be 90% certain of winning a battle, for example, the allies had to commit five times as many military points to offset the natural advantages of guerrilla troops...
High Asparagus. This year, by contrast with the 1964 campaign, there is no bitter ideological division between the Republican rivals. Both know that to offset the Democrats' 3-to-2 edge over registered Republicans, the winner must have at least 90% of the G.O.P. vote and not less than 20% of the Demo cratic ballot to beat Brown...