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...dictator defeated in a civil was whose existing regime has been propped up by massive American military and economic aid. America's presence on Chinese soil and interference in the internal disputes of the Chinese are illegal acts of aggression as defined by international law. They are also an affront to the peaceful intentions and humanity of the American people. If Americans are concerned about the fate of the Taiwanese, they should demand that our government not interfere, but instead trust the Chinese to settle their own problems. As with our withdrawal from Vietnam, there is no reason to expect...
...Jews who have survived pogroms and genocide will doubtless weather this vulgar affront as well. Still, individual Jews who find themselves stuck in Leon Uris' paper detention camp must surely regard QB Vll as a rather gratuitous endurance test...
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...affront that Sadat could not ignore. Five days later, during his May Day speech at Helwan, he pointedly ignored Sabry among 40 notables gathered on the dais. Then, his back, ram rod stiff, and his brown eyes flashing, he declared: "I am responsible to the Almighty, the people, and myself." Next day he stripped Sabry of the vice presidency...
President Pusey issued a statement yesterday calling the disruption of the teach-in "an abhorrent affront to the basic right of freedom of expression...