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...will either accept the challenge that is with us and will not go away, and live up to our potential as a society, or else we'll go down the drain of history as a nation that had all the potential, all of the resources, but blew it, and we will incur the pity of the world, and deserve...
Rather than a "wholesale apocalyptic take-over," Harrington said he favors "the euthansia of capitalism," Leave the title to private property, he said, but "drain it until it becomes meaningless...
Second, the radicals would no longer suffer the manpower drain that comes with injuries, legal proccedings and imprisonment. The establishment understands the threat posed by physical confrontation, and it reacts accordingly. It cannot as easily grasp and respond to simple withdrawal. The Chicago trial has spoken volumes about the nature of justice in this country. For this reason it was a "good" thing; but another trial will be less meaningful. We have come a long way when Jerry Rubin can get a sustained applause on a late-night talkshow. The people are behind the movement and are ready to mobilize...
Bennett called the General Motors investment in South Africa "wholesome." If American companies withdraw, he said, South Africa will go bankrupt and "both black and white will go down the drain...
...Congress agrees-a big if-the subsidy plan could mean a $4.5 billion increase in S and L mortgage lending over several years, because each $1 of subsidy would generate as much as $10 or $15 in loans to home buyers. In a companion move to stanch the deposit drain, the Government raised the minimum denomination of Treasury bills from $1,000 to $10,000. Depositors have been shifting their savings from S and Ls and banks into the higher-yielding Treasury securities...