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...Good? Johnson conceded that the Great Society might take generations to construct, and his emphasis on the quality of life, while it would have perhaps sounded more natural coming from John Kennedy, introduced a refreshing note. "The Great Society asks not how much, but how good; not only how to create wealth but how to use it; not only how fast we are going, but where we are headed. It proposes as the first test for a nation: the quality of its people." Johnson's speech, in the view of Government Professor Samuel Beer of Harvard, takes politics...
Because I cannot hope to turn again Consequently I rejoice, having to construct something Upon which to rejoice Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still...
Under the terms of the grant, the University will endow nine new professorships, construct a new building to centralize its now widely-scattered program in international affairs, and undertake a program of co-ordinated research utilizing all its resources...
...government is really concerned with low-income housing, there are numerous agencies which could directly handle the basic problems--the Public Housing Authority to construct new dwellings and subsidize rents; Building Departments to enforce codes and prevent deterioration; the FHA to provide mortgage money for urban areas instead of draining it away to the suburbs. The history of dismal failures by these agencies would appear to indicate that no overwhelming desire to help the poor exists...
Indonesia has responded with a $10.5 million order for trucks and buses from DAF, the Dutch automaker, and a $22 million contract for Verolme United Shipyards to construct Indonesian port facilities. Meantime, The Netherlands is again assuming its traditional role as Indonesia's marketplace...