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...Brotherism. Sherburne made one little slip. He broke his secrecy pledge to confess the CIA connection to one of his staff men-red-bearded. New Leftist Michael Wood, 24, from California's Pomona College. Wood insisted that Sherburne make a dramatic public renunciation of the CIA ties. Sherburne refused, arguing reasonably enough that the relationship was about to end and that nothing would be gained by stirring up a storm. Wood compiled a 50-page letter to Ramparts, which then embarked on a two-month investigation of the CIA-N.S.A. liaison...
Only "Stagnation." The critical question is whether the inventory shrinkage, which is spotty so far, will widen into a sharp downtrend before easier credit and federal deficit spending again pump up business-and prices. Many economists expect the inventory gain to slip to an annual rate of about $9.5 billion during the first three months of this year. Even so, few predict anything worse for the economy than what Leon Keyserling, former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, calls "a period of stagnation." With federal, state and local government spending on the rise, with housing starting...
...word travels fast around the league. Opponents enter matches determined not to let him get the cradle. They cross their legs at the ankles--this is while they're on the mats of course--or they struggle to keep him from locking his hands if he does manage to slip his arm around their...
Carr converted a B.C. slip-up at 2:53 of the second period. Three Crimson skaters and the puck got behind the deepest Eagle and goalie George McPhee couldn't touch Carr's well placed shot...
Aside from these mechanical slip-ups, however, the second letter was far less clearly and forcefully written than the first. Long and rambling, it questioned the government's willingness to accept genuine negotiations that would inevitably produce something considerably short of victory. "We do not know what kind of solution other than 'military' our own government feels it could accept," the letter said...