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After 35 years of preserving peace in Western Europe, the Atlantic Alliance confronts new military, political and social realities. In this article, a former Secretary of State proposes dramatic???and in his view, vital?steps to help the alliance meet the challenges ahead. Among them: NATO's Supreme Allied Commander should be a European, not an American, as is now the case; Europe should have a decisive voice in certain nuclear arms-control talks and greater responsibility for its ground defense. If Europe refuses to accept that responsibility, the U.S. should withdraw up to half of its ground forces from...
...Only 41 years of age, Mestrovic has nevertheless for years been as well known as any contemporary artist on the Continent. Oddly enough, his work has never before reached the U.S. Its arrival has caused no little talk, for Mestrovic is an individualist of power. His themes are highly dramatic???heroic figures, gaining in a sort of grim majesty what they lose in intimacy and, occasionally, in essential nobility. Mestrovic's life is interesting in connection with his art. Born of Croatian parents?farming peasants? as a boy he wandered the fields, tending sheep, carving in wood. The long hours...
...rapidly gaining in public favor, and critical acclaim. Swinnerton, himself, is one of the most amiable men in the world. He is short?with small hands which he uses much to emphasize conversational points. He has a red beard, wears glasses, smiles almost constantly. His witticisms?mainly anecdotal and dramatic???follow one another in rapid succession. He is amazed and delighted by America and feels himself mothered by her hospitality...
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