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...Intellectual presents the major philosophical passages from Ayn Rand's four novels, Atlas Shrugged. The Fountain-head, Anthem, We the Living. It is prefaced by a 60-page, non-fiction introduction which summarizes her beliefs. Miss Rand's writing occasionally lapses into a somewhat offensive pomposity ("I offer the present book as a lead for those who wish to gain an integrated existence"), and certain portions combine in one volume a great many interesting ideas, which, taken together, have intrigued many contemporary thinkers...
Forming in front of the State House, the group was made up of Boston Cubans and members of YAF groups from local colleges. Parading before a generally favorable audience, the demonstrators carried such signs as "Cuba is a Red Satellite" and "Down With Castro," while singing the Cuban national anthem or shouting "Viva Kennedy...
...Nyerere's reason is simple: as a matter of national pride, newly independent states might be reluctant to yield new sovereignty to a federation. "After we've taken our seat at the U.N. as a sovereign independent state, have hoisted our flag and are singing our national anthem, and then Kenya and Uganda become free, shall we then say, 'Boys, we will lower these flags, abolish these anthems and vacate our seats'? Why, that goes against human nature...
...parade. As he brought the troops into the line of march on Boulevard Albert I, a Belgian captain turned to Mobutu, whose highest rank under Belgian rule was sergeant, and announced with a smart salute: "All is ready, mon colonel.'" The army band broke into a new national anthem that nobody had ever heard before, and the 75,000 spectators liked the show well enough to refrain from breaking out with the bicycle chains they had brought along in case of dissension. For the U.N. officers in the reviewing stand, it was hard to escape the conclusion that Mobutu...
...rally had everything a rally should have, including a mixer afterwards. A jazz band that wasn't from Harvard played some Harvard songs; an unknown "TV and recording artist" led a chorus of the national anthem; and at one point a local color-guard marched in, around the room...