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...give the excuse that the Loyalty Board had cleared Dr. Bunche--if so be the case--does not excuse the nominating committee. The past decade has shown what type of people very often creep into the Loyalty Boards, and what pressure is put on those Loyalty Boards from mysterious sources...
...cause of this position is the characteristic Eastern antipathy toward enthusiasm. The current Ivy ideal is the casual man who pursues a line of conduct corresponding to a preconceived code, directed by an unalterable mental outlook in which spontaneous emotions play a miniscule role. If enthusiasm is allowed to creep in, it is carefully controlled and channelled toward "safe" objects such as Humphrey Bogart or the Kingston Trio; it is never casual to display enthusiasm or emotion toward anything more serious than these...
...outcome of Capitol Hill's political give-and-take over spending, for the theories of today are the policies of tomorrow-and the day after that. Central question before the debaters: Does the Administration's fight for a balanced budget-with its stand against chronic price up-creep-help or hinder economic growth...
...talk? I don't knock the way you talk. You don't know about the hollyhocks." Replied Haskins: "If you're going to be irrelevant, you might as well be irrelevant about hollyhocks." Countered Corso: "Man, this is a drag. You're nothing but a creep-a creep! But I don't care. I can still laugh and I can still cry. That...
...defense budget comes to $40.9 billion, an increase of one-fourth of 1% over this year, not enough to cover price up-creep. A 12% boost in research and development funds is balanced by a 15% cut in military construction outlays. Procurement outgo stays about the same, $14 billion, with no money for Air Force interceptors or phased-out missiles such as the Navy's Regulus II, more money for newer missiles. The Air Force's missile-of-the-future, the solid-fuel Minuteman, is scheduled for a 40% increase to $270 million. Within the defense budget...