Thoughts for Today from Psalm and Rasetl quote
A brief, dated style meditation contrasts Psalm 37 37 38 with a century view on human destiny. It asserts the upright bring posterity while the wicked are cut off, and credits a philosopher Rasetl with a warning about humanity facing disaster or ascent.
Power Struggle Behind Peking Demonstrations
The protests in Tien An Men Square are described as a clash among factions within China's leadership after Chou En-lai's death. Pragmatists allied with Teng Hsiao-ping face off against radicals loyal to revolutionary goals, with Mao Zedong looming as a unifying yet distant figure guiding the contest.
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Peking
Een
Tien An Men Square
Chou En-lai
Mao Tsetung
Central Committee
Communist Party
Merle Goldman
Boston University
Chou
Teng Hsiao-ping
Community Party
Teng
Hua Kuo-leng
Tien An Men
Mao
Chiang Ching
Mao Tse-tung
Chau En-lai
Mao Tse-lung
Dangerous Druse Leader Shapes Lebanon Crisis
In Lebanon, Kamal Jumblatt emerges as a charismatic yet enigmatic Druse sheikh driving a leftist alliance amid a prolonged civil conflict. The article notes regional distrust of Syrians Americans Russians and warns of broader peril if Jumblatt and his followers push Lebanon toward a leftist state and renewed tension with Israel.
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New York
Middle East
Lebanon
Kamal Jurblatt
Fie
U.S
Syria
United States
Labanon
Kamal Tumblatt
Druses
Tumblatt
She Chouf
Beirut
Toad
Jumblad
Jurblatt
Hirst
Jumblatt
Israel
A Word Edgewise In Judgment Of J Carter
A critical column on Jimmy Carter amid Democratic splits with McGovern and Kennedy factions. It notes Carter's appeal to young voters, his measured stance on state versus federal roles, and cautions against treating him as an empty vessel to be shaped by others. The piece likens his charm to Presley and praises his bipartisan, data driven presentations while warning against over programming him.
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Earth
Druse
Democratic Party
George McGovern
Jimmy Carter
Kennedyites
Georgia
Americans For Democratic Action
National Board
Peb
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Richard Goodwin
ADA
Gene McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
Schlesinger
Ford
Jimmy
Carter
League of Women Voters Forum
Frank Church
Newzy Jackson
Moe Udall
Fred Harris
Udall
Church
Jackson
Scoop Jackson
Joseph O'Neill
Tom Boggs
Hale Boggs
Tom Bender
Lockheed
O'Neill
Oil profits hide wealth with flexible accounting
The Hughes study shows 14 of the 20 largest oil firms altered accounting policies in 1973 74 to reduce reported income by about 14 percent and to ease public outcry over windfall profits. Standard Oil of Indiana and California and others moved reserves split stock and wrote down inventories to masking earnings while Exxon and Mobil shifted funds to reserves and acquisitions. Local banks lobby against reforms while UNESCO conferences vanish as Israel is barred.
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Hughes
Standard of
Indiana
Standard
California
Atlantic Richfield
Cities Service
Exxon
Mobil
Marcor
Montgomery Ward
Washington
Richard Roudebush
U.S
Israel
Unesco
Rhodes denounces Dirty Dozen ratings on voting
House Minority Leader John Rhodes condemns Environmental Action and other groups for listing him among the Dirty Dozen. He calls for investigations and possible penalties for publicizing congressional voting records, arguing privacy and First Amendment principles.
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Rhodes
Congress
House Republican Research Committee
Legislative Branch
Congressional Record
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