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...researchers are not only uncertain if all their planning helps anyone, but they are also hesitant to describe the criteria for a truly successful transition. "You can evaluate it procedurally, but even if that looks good, something can go wrong," he adds. "The Kennedy transition seemed successful in 1960-61, but look what directly followed that: the Bay of Pigs." Unlike Moore, who declines to discuss the Carter experience in 1976, May points out the "procedural flaw" made in trying to separate officially Watson's staff from Jordan's. Remembering and explaining such as lesson in this election...
Where negotiations on future debates will go from here is still uncertain. Reagan has not yet turned down the three invitations accepted by Carter from groups wanting to sponsor head-on encounters. Says Wirthlin: "We're not of a mind to preclude further debates." But Powell said last week: "There's a growing feeling around here that there may never be a one-on-one debate." The White House believes that Reagan, despite his claims to the contrary, does not want to duel the President. If there is no debate between Carter and Reagan this year, the voters...
Just how many young men would respond to an actual draft, of course, remains uncertain. But Selective Service officials take heart from the fact that a sampling of those who registered indicated that only 1.8% noted on the forms that they were registering under protest. Officials estimate that even fewer falsified their birth dates or used obviously fictitious names like Michael Mouse. On the other hand, 14.8% of the registrants asked for more information about enlisting in the military...
...make them like that any more. Well, they don't. A man not afraid to be caught reasoning in print, Lippmann intellectually dominated the editorial pages of American newspapers for a half-century. On-the-other-hands were not for him: wrong he might sometimes be, but rarely uncertain...
Despite all the exotic robots and the new productive atmosphere around auto plants, the Big Three carmakers still face an uncertain future. Their reputations for poor quality will be hard to live down, and the Japanese will continue to be fierce and efficient competitors (see box). Perhaps most important, auto sales will be the prisoner of the economy. If U.S. business in general continues to limp along in recession or in sluggish growth, auto sales will probably remain low. Prospects for the Big Three...