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...promoting this "happening," Russell proved false to his own principles. He once wrote that the philosopher "must contend that any useful purpose which is to be served by propaganda must be that of promoting judgment, rational doubt, and the power of weighing opposing considerations. He will compare the public to a judge who listens to counsel on either side, and" will hold that a monopoly in propaganda is as absurd as if, in a criminal trial, only the prosecution or only the defense were allowed to be heard...
...most trampled patch of greenery in America may well be the small knob above Elm Street in Dallas, close to the Texas School Book Depository. The grassy knoll owes its notoriety to conspiracy-peddling critics of the Warren Commission who contend that an unidentified sniper on the knoll fired on John F. Kennedy. Last week new evidence appeared to support the Warren Commission's conclusions that no bullets came from the knoll; that the two shots which killed Kennedy and wounded Governor John Connally were triggered by Lee Harvey Oswald from the book depository building...
...accomplishment the Kennedy Round disappointed the world's developing countries, which contend that they must have preferential tariffs in order to escape their poverty. Under French pressure on behalf of France's former colonies, the Common Market failed to trim duties at all on tropical foods and fibers, thus stopping the U.S. from doing so. By common consent, devising more tariff help for the world's poor nations will be GATT's next order of business...
...hold back essential supplies, and thereby possibly weaken the army, on the grounds that a serious cut-off might also weaken NATO. This argument overestimates the importance of the Greek army in the NATO structure, as well as the long-term effect of a provisionary cut-off. Diplomats also contend that the fall of the junta might lead to civil war. But to buttress the present dictatorship with military aid in the name of stability would be morally wrong and also eventually lead to a more bitter reaction from the oppressed people...
...campus maintain that girls are more apt to display their intellectual talents when they are not also vying for dates in the classroom, that either sex concentrates more intently on classwork when they are separated, that the separate campus is more relaxed and casual in dress. Some also contend that a coed curriculum tends to overemphasize masculine vocational interests. After competing with men in a coed college, claims President Paul Weaver of Ohio's all-girl Lake Erie College, a girl is likely to become "dissatisfied in the role of mother and homemaker...