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...Many philosophy departments get over-represented in one point of view because they tend to employ their ablest students in one area," he remarked. But most departments, aside from those in Catholic schools, present various points of view. he says. "This is not chaotic, but stimulating. there is no greater tribute to a teacher than to have students give evidence of independent study. The first-rate philosopher doesn't look for disciples; but many of them are all too human in this respect...
Into the Vacuum. In one sense, Trujillo's death had cleared the air. Many Latin American nations had been unwilling to move against Castro so long as Trujillo's longer-lasting dictatorship continued unchecked and uncondemned. But in the chaotic aftermath, there was danger of a bloodbath instituted by Trujillo's unproved heirs, or the counterdanger of a revolt in which a Castro might emerge triumphant. Washington sounded out members of the Organization of American States on the possibility of joint action to maintain order inside the Dominican Republic, got firm assent from key nations...
...Bottle Man. French film making is traditionally chaotic, and Gleason is a compulsively active mattress who walks like a man. Their collision has resulted in a good deal of confusion and. somewhat surprisingly, a respectable amount of progress. During a typical day Gleason may record a song (he has also written the film's music), chat with Ambassador James Gavin, get his three-day bum's beard trimmed with special three-day-beard scissors, and audition little girls to play opposite Gigot (the female "lead must speak English with a slight French accent and be five to eight...
...capital. It is not, however, the intensity of guerrilla activity that makes South Vietnam an even more dangerous area for Communist penetration than Labs. It is the steady deterioration of government authority in the provinces during the last year. A reporter for Le Figaro likened the present chaotic condition of the Vietnamese countryside to that which prevailed there during the eight terrible years of the IndoChinese War; government officials have fled their posts to the security of provincial towns, leaving isolated villages throughout the South prey to the guerrillas...
...time is one of ferment and potential rebirth. This is so precisely because it is a time full of chaos ... It was only natural that Sigmund Freud should at the beginning of his career have thought of the irrational aspects of-the human personality as chaotic and potentially dangerous powers ... It did not occur to him that chaos in itself may represent a very positive and fertile current of life. For the people of the Old Testament, especially in the creation story, the question was not: 'Why is there chaos?' but rather: 'Why is there order?' For them, order...