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BEYOND THE MELTING POT, by Nathan Glazer and Daniel Moynihan. The authors' conclusion is that the pot does not melt. Their blunt approach to the thickets of sociology makes excellent reading...
...uprising was led by a Vietnamese soldier well known to the American military, a man of whom one U.S. general had said: "I would certainly like to have him in the U.S. Army." He is Lieut. General Duong Van Minh, 47, known as "Big" Minh, a blunt, burly, French-trained veteran. Obviously he had been able to rally, at least for the moment, the deeply divided Vietnamese army. This week he was in charge, along with a military junta of fellow officers-in charge of the army, of the war, and to a large extent of the heavy U.S. stake...
BEYOND THE MELTING POT, by Nathan Glazer and Daniel Moynihan. The authors' conclusion is that the pot does not melt. Their blunt approach to the thickets of sociology makes excellent reading...
Denobilization. The grey-haired, blue-eyed earl has none of the hauteur of many English noblemen, and he has a pugnacious streak that his fragile air belies. In the Cabinet and the country at large, Home's blunt, hardheaded performance as Foreign Secretary has won him a degree of respect accorded to only one of his postwar predecessors, Labor's late Ernie Bevin. Remembering Churchill's innocence of economics and social problems, many politicians believed that Home-Sweet-Home, as Winston called him, could easily fill the same gaps in his experience...
...more horse sense." On his first visit to India as Commonwealth Relations Secretary, Home questioned the value of neutrality in talks with government leaders. "Weakness invites aggression," he said. He is an informal, unself-conscious diplomat who sometimes shows up for conferences in old worn carpet slippers, but his blunt talk often infuriates people. A cherished tribute to his forensic skill is a cable he received after one outspoken verdict. "To hell with you," it said. "Offensive letter follows...