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...this point, and in the book as a whole, Lifton has very accurately described a number of the problems of modern society, and ascribed them to simplistic solutions. It may be a function of the intellectual climate in which his generation was raised that he feels bound to ascertain a simple answer to even the most complex of problems...
...getting into an unanticipated revolution. Nobody seems to grasp the degree to which people are fed up." Rhodes' rhetoric notwithstanding, it is up to the whole commission to ascertain who is fed up with whom, and it is still possible that this fall will bring dialogue instead of a dustup...
TIME'S Essay on the quality of White House intelligence [May 25] jogged one reader's memory back to 1945, when a U.S. Navy assignment required him to ascertain the location of various warships at specific times. "I questioned admirals and captains, who sent me to other admirals and captains," he wrote. "Finally, in the office of an elderly admiral wearing ribbons I had never seen before, I was certain I had reached the end of my quest. I put my questions. He thought for a moment, then said, 'Lieutenant, when I want information of that kind...
...mill in, the protestors left Ebert a statement endorsing the tenants' demands and asked his secretary to have him sign it. They decided to reconvene in Ebert's office at 1 p.m. today to ascertain his response and discuss further action...
...effort to ascertain whether any of us had been stricken down yet. I began to think it might be safer to avoid them...