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...eminently constructive forces, can still operate with some success in human affairs. The agreement does not spring from concern for humanity, although it is surely tinged with that, or from a change of heart on either side. It simply shows that both East and West are sufficiently independent of dogma to act from self-interest, and that their interests can occasionally coincide...
Government crises in The Netherlands result from a proliferation of parties, reflecting the Dutchman's jealous insistence on separate factions to represent every shade of political opinion and religious dogma. No single party has commanded an outright majority since 1894, and quadrennial elections only upset the delicate balance of power between the leading parties that make up the coalition governments...
...West, Orthodoxy often seems to be a kind of Roman Catholicism, without a Pope but with almost too many bearded patriarchs. "We are very near the Roman Catholic Church in dogma," explains the Rev. Anastasios Giannou-latos of Athens. "But from the point of view of feeling, we are very far. With the Protestants we are far apart in dogma and very near in feelings...
Sensing that this new you-never-had-it-so-good generation is both weary of Tory rule and leary of Socialist dogma, the Labor program today emphasizes "pragmatism" and "responsibility" rather than headlong plunges into doctrinaire" experiments. The party's catchwords, a heady blend of Gladstonian rhetoric and New Frontier pep talk, call for "a sense of purpose" to "get Britain moving." How much of its ambitious program will actually be enacted depends on the kind of majority it can win at the polls. But there are some fair indications of what Labor aims...
...always, Peking stuck to the dogma that the road to violent revolution in Africa, Asia and Latin America was the only path a true Marxist could follow. As for Soviet charges of warmongering, the Red Chinese replied with an argument that, ironically, echoed some Pentagon strategists. Brush-fire wars, declared Peking, need not necessarily escalate into an all-out nuclear struggle. Truth was, declared the manifesto, the Russians were too selfish and scared to risk their bourgeois gains in far-off battles. "To put it bluntly," said Red China, "whoever considers that a revolution can be made only if everything...