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...Canadians faced with similar problems, we applaud President Reagan's determination to dismantle his country's tangled web of pyramiding bureaucracy. But we question his increased military spending in contrast with massive cuts for the arts and humanities. Certainly, every nation should maintain its defenses. But if that means neglecting its precious arts and culture, the U.S. may survive but, in fact, cease to live...
...force of Wolf's argument makes humanity's apparent ease at distinguishing between murder and execution, torture and punitive action, no longer troubling. We recognize man's abhorrence of murder and violence, and, at the same time, applaud his acceptance of the legitimacy of those acts when performed by the Government. We are seduced by the obvious distinctions...
Periodic "renewals" are endemic to the American way of life at all levels. We live in flux, have always done so, and probably always will. Therefore, while I applaud your articles, I wish that the idea of the experiment had been more central to them...
...when the Harvard Gymnastics Club finished sixth in varsity competition at the New England Regional Gymnastics Championship two weeks ago, no one other than a few relatives and friends was there to applaud the club's best performance in its latest incarnation...
...They have been broken by revolutionary means in Nicaragua, and we applaud this. If they can be broken by revolutionary means in El Salvador--O.K. If this also happens in Guatemala--very good. This would insure stability finally. But there will not be immediate stability, however, when you have American arms, American companies being sent to El Salvador, or when you maintain the status quo by not allowing the revolutionary process in these countries to really happen as the people really want them...