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...must consider Asia its foremost foreign-policy problem. These quarrels sadly refute the Gandhian view that Asian spiritualism is superior to the rationalism of the West. Gandhi liked to call for spiritual tranquillity. "Virtue," he preached, "lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise." Spirituality has proved powerless to return rioting mobs to their prayers, while Western rationalism in Asia has been equally unable to mute the "din and noise" of communal clashes...
...both major parties have been disturbed by the current rowdiness and inanity. Last November, on the occasion of his maiden speech as Prime Minister, Harold Wilson was howled down by offended Tories. A fortnight ago, both Wilson and Opposition Leader Sir Alec Douglas-Home could scarcely speak above the din. Members on both sides bawl "Shut up!" and "Withdraw!" at each other. Documents are waved, fists shaken, and at times several members are on their feet simultaneously, shouting repetitious points of order whose only purpose seems obstruction...
...din below decks was strident...
...means a shoddy craftsman, but he ought not to be read too critically. He communicates indirectly, and if we focus on apparent awkwardness we miss the point. He makes us keep our distance, yet be involves us in his tale more fully that the sharpest plot-maker. The hideous din of a guilty thought, the whirling of noise and action about a point in time, a sense of inexplicable release--all these Roth evokes with mysterious ease. Call It Sleep is a quiet masterpiece that grows in the mind even after one puts it down. To read...
Boom-Boom. Back in the U.S. the combo's "ethnic jazz" gained a wide audience. But in the mounting din of his drummers Mann found himself becoming "a sideman in my own group" and he fled to Brazil. He came back playing a new music that helped touch off the bossa-nova craze...