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...that if elected, he would fire Henry Kissinger, he draws cheers from many audiences. (Shades of Richard Nixon in 1968 promising to fire Attorney General Ramsey Clark.) The attacks on Kissinger are not doing much good for Reagan, or Scoop Jackson either. Still, after suffering through one of his rougher weeks, the Secretary of State took the offensive against those presidential candidates who condemn U.S. foreign policy. Speaking to the Boston World Affairs Council,* he accused them of being vague and inconsistent...
...When British trawlers showed up in the disputed fishing grounds, Iceland dispatched a tiny coastal fleet (four gunboats) to cut the trawlers' net lines. The British government responded by sending frigates to protect the trawlers. Lately, the dangerous games between the two forces have grown rougher...
...Olive Norton stalking off the bench to scold the lead referee and threaten a Regis walkout. "It was a pretty physical game," explained Haverland. "We've been coaching our girls to be aggressive, but you rely on referees to keep that sort of thing under control. We've had rougher games and I kind of like them...
...range. Because of personal connections, Feldman had little trouble collecting the first $100,000, even though he had to raise at least $5,000 in small donations in 20 states to qualify for matching funds. Feldman did most of the soliciting by phone. But after that the going got rougher. Other Democratic candidates-Morris Udall, Fred Harris and to some extent Jimmy Carter-had already approached the same contributors and sopped up much of the available funds. To date, Bayh has raised only $400,000, with another $100,000 in matching funds...
...Easing of the transition between school and work-which is now much rougher in the U.S. than it is in many other industrial countries. Former Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz, for example, calls for setting up local community-education-work councils. These help students with career planning-and help schools train them for jobs that actually will be there...