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When all the pieces are in place, the vision of the future promises to be a refined and mechanized version of the past. The improved model will undoubtedly surpass its predecessor in efficiency and popularity. It may also be far more long-lasting...
...favor of and overcompensate for the blacks." At his new headquarters in Heidelberg, he insists: "We should be able to create conditions in which the black soldier can feel that he is getting a fair shake." Davison has also continued the use of flying squads, originated under his predecessor, which make unannounced visits to units to check on discriminatory practices. The squads will be supervised by his new deputy chief of staff for personnel, Major General Frederic E. Davison, who also happens to be the Army's highest ranking black officer...
...happened to bring the two sides even that close after five years of deadlock? For one thing, British Prime Minister Edward Heath has shown himself, by such gestures as selling military helicopters to South Africa last February, to be less concerned about Black African feelings than was his predecessor, Harold Wilson, and more willing to make a compromise settlement...
...Ames-have seen the need to face change and the future. Boulez is the result. A relative newcomer to the international conducting ranks, he is also largely untried in the familiar repertory of late 18th century and 19th century staples, so that his ascendancy poses a calculated risk. His predecessor, the universal Leonard Bernstein, coaxed the orchestra and its program well into the 20th century. If such progress is to continue, Boulez is definitely the man to lead...
...federal judiciary to turn the grand jury system into a powerful political weapon in the government's battle with the American left. Ever since early 1969--when Attorney General Mitchell used an Illinois grand jury to reopen an investigation of the Chicago "conspiracy", a case which Mitchell's predecessor had judged to be empty and invalid--similar juries across the country, in St. Louis, Seattle, Tucson and, most recently, in Harrisburg, have conducted sweeping investigations into the activities of radical groups and produced the now-familiar "conspiracy" indictments in turn...