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...support to Richard Nixon; at first glance, it looks as though there were contradictions in the development of his thinking. But unlike most of those one-time socialists who wound up celebrating the American consensus, Lippmann suffered no traumatic disillustionment, no sudden or gradual discovery that led him to discard his earlier views. Right from the beginning, his hopes centered not on revolutionary uproar or change, not on the tumult and intrigue of politics, but on solutions quietly worked out by responsible public officials limited by a strong system of checks and balances, on the reason, clarity and ethics...
...guidelines would also forbid dissemination of any material in the file to a third party without the written consent of the student or parent, and provide a mechanism for an appeal by students or parents who want to discard information they consider irrelevant or misleading...
While zealously pursuing foreign capital, Mobutu has tried to purge his country of foreign customs. As part of his "authenticity" campaign, Mobutu changed the name of his country to Zaire (meaning river). He decreed that all Zaireans discard Christian names for African ones. Throbbing tom-toms replaced the 21-gun salute as official greeting for visiting heads of state. In what was perhaps a further attempt to consolidate his personal power, last summer Mobutu banned Santa Claus...
...fond of showing guests to his office the plaque on his desk. "Behold the Turtle. He Maketh Progress Only When His Head Sticketh Out," the plaque read. Harvard's alumni appear to understand better than many administrators that if Harvard is to continue its progressive path, it must discard the myths that have persuaded it to withhold equal access from women. Contributions to Radcliffe 1973-1974 Programs Contributors Totals* Radcliffe College Fund Alumnae Annual Program Radcliffe-Harvard Scholarship Program Alumnae Gifts 5273 $461,684.81 127,001.66 Total $588,686.47 Club Scholarships 37 clubs $ 49,196.00 Parents Annual Giving Radcliffe-Harvard...
Except that Kent State, and reactions to it like those of the state jurymen who exonerated the Guard and indicted the students, suggest that the presumption isn't correct. It suggests that comparatively well-off people, even in the United States, are willing to discard the restraints of law when they think the dissent it makes possible threatens them enough. And that suggests that some radicals' rhetoric was right all along, that you can't divide freedom, that as long as this country's rulers are willing to kill black demonstrators or Cambodian peasants they'll necessarily be willing...