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...believe that the existence of God can be proven in a way that will elicit the assent of a rational person...
Stance & Circumstances. The new man in these deliberations, U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), won admiration from his colleagues in gaining assent to this largely U.S. package. He placed himself well over toward the British position in favor of serious negotiations with the Russians. But he also made a significant concession to the French. He had wanted to make public the Western proposal May 10, the day before the meeting with the Russians began. But the French argued that since the Russians started all the fuss by threatening Berlin, they should be required to submit a plan...
...Gallup poll showed an almost identical result: 81% favored a strong stand "even at the risk of war"; only 11% wanted to pull out while 8% had no opinion. What the voters told the first returning Congressmen confirmed the poll. In Boston, Democratic Representative John McCormack reported invariable assent when he was asked, "What do you think about Berlin, John?" and replied: "It's vitally important for us to be firm-we can't forget the lesson of Munich...
...Both students and faculty must feel agreeable to all decisions that are made," Washburn continued. "Compromises must be true ones; not ones in which students reluctantly assent to faculty decisions...
...elevates 23 prelates to the College of Cardinals this week are an elaborate series of ceremonies taking place over a four-day period. First comes a secret consistory at which the Pope recites to the old cardinals the names of those he proposes to elevate. The cardinals nod their assent. Immediately, messengers fan out to deliver the biglietto-the letter informing each cardinal-elect of his elevation (tradition demands that he feign surprise on receiving the letter). Two days later the new cardinals join the Pope at an "intimate" consistory, during which he hands each one the scarlet biretta. Then...