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...that in July 1955, with U.S. support. Diem barred reunification elections. This fact has apparently been overlooked (or willfully ignored) by many Americans, especially by those who loftily proclaim the God-given right of every people to determine their own destiny by means of the electoral process. Obviously the dictum did not apply in Viet Nam, where "Bad Guy" Ho might have...
Although the pill and other modern methods of contraception were made legal in France in 1967, evidently most of the French agree with the late President Charles de Gaulle's celebrated dictum that the pill is a mere "diversion," which the state has no obligation to provide for its citizens. Some 54% of the men said that they still practice coitus interruptus, and most of the women prefer the unreliable "rhythm method." Only 9% of the women take the pill, while some 30% of all those polled said that they are opposed to any form of birth control. Many...
...whole ethos of trucking music runs against a long-standing moral undercurrent of left student politics--the idea that political activity really should be the most important thing in our lives. The implication is that after the revolution this dictum will be institutionalized and we will spend all our time at meetings. But perhaps we have a sneaking suspicion that even then the things that really determine whether we are happy or sad will be the very mundane ups and downs which political life seems to devalue: the people we meet, the jokes we tell, the success we have...
Given these statistics and endorsements, even Ralph Nader would have to agree with Governor Nelson Rockefeller's dictum: "No candidate for any office can hope to get elected in this country without being photographed eating a hot dog." (Indeed, F.D.R. went so far as to serve franks to King George VI.) One of those candidates, a consumer named Richard Nixon, once announced, "I come from humble origins. Why, we were raised on hot dogs and hamburgers. We've got to look after...
...Democrats challenged Nixon's hold-that-line dictum on two counts. First, they warned, any such ceiling must allow for different spending priorities from those proposed by the Administration, including a reduction in military spending. Even then, said some Democratic economists, still more federal spending may be needed to maintain the recovery in the nation's expanding, but below-potential economy...