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...RECENT shakeup of the Ford administration lends itself to a conspiratorial analysis, but not entirely. Attributing ideological motivation to President Ford's appointments and removals and weaving each separate development into a coherent ideological framework demands a lot of contortion; even then, everything doesn't fit. The events do, however, support a less complicated political explanation...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: Behind The Axes | 11/8/1975 | See Source »

...comes the reshuffle. Rockefeller of course had to go, as a clear political liability in the party. Who replaces him is unimportant--in fact, Ford can dangle the vice presidency until convention time to entice potential Reagan supporters. As for the cabinet and staff shakeup, the primary intention seems to have been the creation of an image, Gerald Ford as a decisive president. William Colby was clearly on the outs, Church committee revelations and good investigative journalism having dealt a virtual death blow to his credibility and that of the entire CIA. Replacing him now, in the context of other...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: Behind The Axes | 11/8/1975 | See Source »

Cambridge Police Chief Francis A. Pisani, a reformer who took office in January, died unexpectedly last night. Pisani was hired after an International Association of Police Chiefs report on the Cambridge force led to a shakeup in the department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pisani Dies | 11/5/1975 | See Source »

...major shakeup occured in the five-member school committee, as moderate David I. Finnegan took the seat vacated by Kerrigan and Elvira "Pixie" Palladino, an East Boston anti-busing leader, beat out anti-busing incumbent Paul J. Ellison...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty and Eileen King, S | Title: White Edges Timilty in Mayoral Race, Moderates Gain on School Committee | 11/5/1975 | See Source »

...SOARES, 50, a lawyer and outspoken critic of Salazar, was jailed twelve times before fleeing to Paris in 1969. There he became acquainted with other social democrats in Europe. As Foreign Minister, he engineered the independence of Portugal's African territories. He relinquished that post in the Cabinet shakeup last month (he is currently Minister Without Portfolio), but remains a dynamic political figure and a talked-about candidate for Premier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Four Views from the Top | 5/5/1975 | See Source »

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