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Columnist Art Buchwald predicted that a second White House message would arrive, saying: "Disregard earlier wire. President following." Buchwald was wrong. Johnson, who had been considering a flight to St. Croix to rendezvous with the Governors, decided to stay in Washington for the antiwar demonstrations. At least he knew where the demonstrators stood...
...should the demonstrators now be punished. It would be a mistake to interpret what they did as a flagrant disregard for the rules of the University. On the contrary, in the spirit of civil disobedience, they turned over their Bursar's cards in acceptance of whatever consequences their actions might bring. The demonstration did not pose a danger to life or property; it was a peaceful confrontation among rational men. There may, in the course of such a demonstration, come a time when in the considered judgment of University officials, one group's prolonged encroachments on the rights of another...
...subverted by military ones. Our policy of "guns alone" is "planting within new generations the seeds of hate toward us," he said. "No great nation can claim to have won freedom and democracy for another people," Kennedy added, "if, in the process, the destruction of their land and a disregard for their pain was the hallmark of the effort...
...hangover, bestraddles the line with occasional forays a mile or so off pitch. Tenor Luke Kelly, 26, gives out what might be the mating call of a rusty file. Banjoist Barney McKenna, 27, Tin Whistler Ciaron Bourke, 32, and Fiddler John Sheahan, 28, round out the onslaught with glorious disregard for niceties such as time or tune...
...anti-junta that they have applied an economic squeeze by refusing to send home their paychecks. From the safety of Denmark, Prince Peter, the cousin of King Constantine, recently called for the overthrow of the military government. The Council of Europe last week condemned the junta for its disregard of human rights, and the European Economic Community blocked a $10 million loan to Greece...