Detente Critics Question Cold War Truce After Ford Vietnam Reply
Critics say detente rests on a contradiction between high level détente and ongoing lower level conflicts. The piece argues democracy cannot reconcile smiling with Brezhnev and Mao while opposing their clients, and asks for concrete benefits from five years of detente.
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Inflation debate and recovery optimism amid mixed data
Inflation tops Americans worries ahead of recovery as housing starts fall and first quarter GNP drops 10.4 percent. Opinion polls show concern over inflation driven by fiscal policy and Congress spending. Our view: confidence remains in people to manage the economy if inflationary risks from deficits are tackled.
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Can Manufacturers Fight Illegal Immigration With New Policy
National Can Corp launches policy requiring applicants to confirm legal status and posts notices at 62 plants to deter illegal border traffic. Immigration Service commends inspections and urges other firms to join a drive to create more U.S. jobs, aiming to unlock over a million openings.
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Rot in the system taints IRS and government agencies
Tom Braden argues that the attitude of resigned tolerance toward corruption in the IRS and federal agencies resembles a fascist state of mind. He urges using evidence to prosecute the guilty and pass laws, warning that denial allows rot to deepen and hinder healing.
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Scapegoat role blamed on business in political heat
The piece argues that business leaders and labor unions are scapegoats in U.S. politics. It cites Maurice Stans’s plea on campaign laws and notes a pattern of blaming businessmen for Watergate, inflation, and other ills, drawing parallels to Lenin, Hitler, and Mao in history.
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Chaff From the Staff 1935 1975 answers
Humorous column notes inflation and car price woes in Detroit, with a college economics riff and jokes about exam tricks. Retired police lieutenant Jim Combs shares traffic safety yarns from Chicago conferences, including a nude street call and a martini anecdote.
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