Word: documentation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...document does not endanger democracy in France. De Gaulle himself, who is likely to be the first President of the new Republic, is neither a demagogue nor an autocrat. The institution of the Republic, in spite of what many critics of the Constitution declare, can hardly serve as a springboard for dictatorship. The emergency powers are described so minutely that they cannot really be used except in situations such as the fall of the Third Republic in June, 1940, or like the fall of the Fourth last May--circumstances in which a "national arbiter" might prove indispensable...
...evolution of France, however, will not be determined merely by the new document. As de Gaulle puts it, "The rest will depend...
WHAT are Christians to make of a document that pronounces a blessing on the act of snatching up a baby and beating its brains out against the pavement? The question is indeed pertinent, because the blessing is offered in the beautiful 137th Psalm. Such provocative questions are raw material for C. S. Lewis, amateur Christian theologian, whose thoughtful books, lectures and articles on the subject (notably The Screwtape Letters) are now supplemented by a brilliant new volume on the psalms. Philosopher Lewis concludes, among other things, that modern man might be better off if, like psalm people, he broke...
...hour and 45 minutes later, a few words edited to his liking, the President told Dulles to go ahead and release the historic 800-word document. Its clearly phrased message: the U.S. would fight if the Chinese Communists should move in on Quemoy, Little Quemoy or the Matsus...
...Alabama at the time, he said; someone must have stolen the plane while his back was turned. It may be tough to prove. In Havana last week, the word was that Flyer Hormel had left his passport in the splashed plane-and that the U.S. Navy found the document when it towed the plane ashore...