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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nonetheless, it is becoming increasingly clear that U.S. power has distinct limits, which must be better recognized than in the past. That power, often with absurd reliance on technology, is badly suited to guerrilla warfare, as in Viet Nam. It cannot be used to keep balky allies in line, as Russia did in Hungary and Czechoslovakia, because American values and politics would not permit it. It is unsuitable for ready use against mischiefmakers, whether in North Korea or Peru, because heavy ripostes to such irritations usually entail intolerable military or political risks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE MILITARY: SERVANT OR MASTER OF POLICY? | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

...even if community schools have not been tagged and packaged acording to conventional educational standards, the most casual classroom visitor cannot resist an overpowering feeling that the schools are immensely successful. The feeling is probably caused by features which are as much political as curricular. Community school children are alert and resourceful. They like to come to school (white public schools must fight staggering absentee problems). Above all, they seem happy. Why? Because the schools are filled with people who know them intimately and like them. In community schools, the community is part of the school and the school...

Author: By David Blumenthal, | Title: Community Schools | 4/10/1969 | See Source »

...wrote the lines to fit his actress' phrasing and speech patterns--not always a wise idea, but definitely so in the case of Nora, who has the unusual and perhaps slightly frightening ability to be herself in front of a camera. Ordinarily, even the most gifted actor cannot be himself on screen...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Ghosts of New Hampshire | 4/10/1969 | See Source »

...Regan cannot play, Charlie Ames or Gordy Grand will probably take his place on the first line with Paul Bloom and Jim Kilkowski. Both Ames and Grand only recently began practicing...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Injury-Laden Laxmen Meet Engineers Today | 4/9/1969 | See Source »

Because the Coop itself is in debt, it cannot be of very much direct monetary aid to the community. "To expand, the Coop had to borrow from local banks and the John Hancock Company. The terms of those loans expressly forbid us to invest in any other businesses," Brown explains. The Coop can, however, give about $5000 to charity each year, which it donates through the United Appeal...

Author: By Alan S. Geismer jr., | Title: When Will the Coop Ever Change? Part II | 4/9/1969 | See Source »

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