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...noxious elements in the amendment have not been eliminated, however. According to the present proposal, if a treaty conflicts with "any provision of" the Constitution, it is not of force and effect. If interpreted strictly, the "any provision of" clause could narrowly constrict treaty-making powers to those specifically stated in the Constitution, a very serious limitation in the face of an intricate world situation...
Khrushchev's new python policy-embrace, constrict and devour-was such a change in Communist tactics that it forced the rest of the world to find new responses. But if it thus posed difficulty for everybody else, it also raised a few heartburns among the Communists themselves. The trouble was most apparent in Italy, which has the largest Communist Party outside Communist territory. In Rome last week 500 Reds, wearing red scarves and calling themselves Democratic Communists, marched through the streets shouting protests against the "soft" leadership of Palmiro Togliatti...
...same may be said of Cremonini himself. He still limits himself to simple shapes, smooth textures and cold colors, expresses little besides pity and terror. But Cremonini's art has the growing vitality eventually to crack its own limitations. Once the clumsiness and harshness that now constrict him are thawed away, the engineer's boy may well start highballing down the artistic track...
Codetermination will not apply to schools, churches and newspapers, where it might constrict freedom of thought...
...September 27 the University announced its program for building a new Graduate School of Business Administration. George F. Baker had given $5 million to constrict the buildings, which were to go up on the other side of the Charles...