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...patience to check our tempers when some of our allies seem to be quibbling petulantly or foolishly temporizing in their defense programs? The answer . . . must be a resounding yes . . With Britain, we must remember that it has demanded both great dignity and great wisdom for a proud nation to adjust so swiftly to its recent loss of financial and imperial strength . . . With France, we must remember that a nation shattered by two successive World Wars-while it remains as great of heart as ever-should not be expected to show the zeal and stamina of another nation that-partly...
Thunder from the Left. Lindner, dubbed a "lay analyst" by the Brahmins of psychiatry because he is a Ph.D. but no M.D., is a practicing analyst in Baltimore. He has a horror of conformity. The idea that each man must adjust himself to the mass of his fellows means slavery, he cries: "Partisans of causes, criers of ideologies, makers of philosophies and servitors of religion ... all of them aim, by exploiting the adjustment fallacy, to enslave...
...companion will try the final dash. The Swiss party's big hope for success this time is based on their improved "third lung" breathing equipment. Last May Lambert and his Nepalese guide had to quit because they were forced to halt every few steps and laboriously adjust their oxygen flow. The new apparatus is lighter, will give the climbers a steady oxygen supply, rarely needs adjustment...
...into the context of modern culture. Neither nature nor civilization is wholly evil, Tillich protested. On the contrary, he wrote, "God reveals himself not only in history but also through history as a whole." His conclusion: without losing his image of Christ as Savior, the Christian must adjust the externals of his faith, his philosophy and culture to the circumstances of the time. The Protestant religions, for example, resulted from the changing circumstances of the 15th and 16th centuries, which made necessary a new formal expression of Christianity...
Both have good hearing, sound teeth, good color sense and good vision for men of their age, though Eisenhower is a bit farsighted and Stevenson wears reading glasses because his eyes are slow to adjust for close range. Both have normal lungs, but Stevenson suffers occasionally from bronchitis. The governor's heart beats faster-80 to the minute at rest, 110 after brisk exercise; the general's averages 72, goes up to 96 on exercise. The general has the higher blood pressure, averaging 134/90 (it has been as high as 156/96); the governor's is healthily...