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...work. Already reported by the House Judiciary Committee: an Administration bill to ban use of the mails for delivery of unsolicited smut. Whatever the merits of the report, one thing is sure: Congress is not about to make the U.S. the second country in the world, after Denmark, to lift all restrictions on pornography...
Troubles Ahead. These have been exceedingly lean times lately for European socialist parties. The French and Italian parties are in bad shape. Social Democratic governments have fallen in Norway and Denmark, as has the Labor government in Britain. Though Sweden's Social Democrats are rounding out nearly four decades in power-a political survival record unequaled in the Western world-the election signaled difficulties ahead...
...last week to the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts? According to a White House source, "It was her great interest in the theater and her constant visits to museums." Executive Director William McCormick Blair Jr., in the Kennedy years Ambassador to Denmark, enthusiastically welcomed his youngest board member. "We're delighted," said Blair. "It shows the interest of the President...
...obstructing law-enforcement agencies. The participants and their sympathizers, of course, see the issue differently. Sister Jogues Egan, a former provincial of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, and a strong Berrigan supporter, suggested that the Delaware statement was in the spirit of the defiance displayed by Denmark's King Christian in World War II: he wore a yellow Star of David when the Nazis ordered Danish Jews to so identify themselves...
...importance. It might be a mistake for Brandt to yield to East German demands for recognition without first exacting concessions for better relations between the two Germanys. Ulbricht wants above all to legitimize his regime; once West Germany recognizes him, most Third World countries as well as Sweden, Norway, Denmark and, farther down the road, the U.S., might follow suit. This is what Ulbricht wants, and once he gets it, he might veto increased contacts with West Germany unless they have been guaranteed. Even more important, overhasty recognition would jeopardize the security and economic health of West Berlin, which Ulbricht...