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...life thus--first working with atomic energy, then space missions; now testifying before the Supreme Court, now tutoring the Princeton prodigy who independently discovered the atomic bomb? Because, it seems, he gave up on himself as a pure theoretical physicist. "I was," writes Dyson, "and always have remained, a problem solver rather than a creator of ideas. I can not, as Bohr and Feynmann did, sit for years with my mind concentrated on one deep question...
...crisis ends badly and any of the hostages are harmed, however, the U.S. will face a far more serious problem. Though the Administration has ruled out military intervention during the current impasse (there were naval exercises in the Persian Gulf last week, however), it might change its mind in the event of American casualties at the embassy. The Pentagon has advised that air raids, launched from carriers, could put the Iranian oilfields out of action for six months with a minimum of civilian injuries, but there has been no suggestion from any quarter that this would be a good course...
...alarming new stresses on both the U.S. economy and the world financial system. Asserts Economist Otto Eckstein, president of Data Resources Inc.: "The direct impact of the U.S.'s actions is obviously small. But the unfortunate experience of the past few years has been that every political problem involving an energy-producing nation ultimately converts itself into a further upset in the oil market and a further upset in prices...
Beyond the issue of securing the release of the hostages in Iran, the biggest immediate problem facing the Carter Administration is how to manage the symbolism of the siege-and, perhaps more important, the symbolism of its aftermath. There is great danger that the spectacle of youthful radicals, backed by an aged and atavistic theocrat, humiliating and terrorizing American diplomatic personnel will have become a symbol of U.S. weakness. On the battlefield of domestic politics, the past two weeks offer Jimmy Carter's bi-partisan legion of opponents an almost irresistible target for sniping. All a skillful stump speaker...
Reagan's chief problem at this point is his slow start on fund raising for himself. Texan John Connally has already netted about $6.6 million, nearly twice as much as Reagan. Still Reagan's moneymen have a handy list of some 400,000 contributors from 1976 and expect to catch up fast...