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...this group, but they also urge a deeper understanding of the meaning of the Cultural Revolution. Some argue that the Revolution may be the most gigantic experiment in remolding human nature that has ever been attempted--an experiment, which they claim, the Soviet Union could not and dared not embark upon. They point out that there is a considerable difference between Stalinism and Maoism because 1) the Chinese purges are bloodless, 2) the philosophy behind this Revolution is based on a theory of class struggle within a socialist society, and 3) Stalin did not have a plan for establishing "communes...
Cutting Up the Slopes. The vast majority of snowmobilers use their sleds for recreation, find that one five-gallon tank of gas lasts all day and opens up untracked terrain that would otherwise be inaccessible. One 8-man group of diehards is even planning to embark next month from northern Canada on a three-week, 800-mile snowmobile trip to the North Pole, pulling equipment and supplies along on sleds behind them. There is a practical side to snowmobiles too. In the Western states and New England they are replacing snowshoes for telephone linemen, country doctors, trappers, game wardens, farmers...
...President unveiled sketchy blueprints for the bridges in Arco, Idaho, last August, when he urged that Washington and Moscow embark on a "common endeavor" toward peaceful cooperation. In New York six weeks later, he went further, describing "a reconciliation with the East" as "one of the great unfinished tasks of our generation." Since then, the President has eased trade restrictions on the export of more than 400 nonstrategic items to Eastern Europe, approved the opening of a Moscow-New York air route, put discreet pressure on congressional leaders to approve a long-pending agreement to open consular offices in selected...
...camera crew filming her every movement for a French TV documentary, Mireille hopscotched from Paris to Manhattan to Dallas to Hollywood, where she signed substantial contracts for two movies and several appearances on the Danny Kaye and Andy Williams TV shows. Then she rushed back to France to embark on a tour in which she will-sing 46 concerts in 46 days, at $5,000 per performance. Under the stern scrutiny of France's leading impresario, Johnny Stark, she also keeps up a rigorous schedule of daily lessons in diction, breathing, modern dancing, physical culture and English conversation...
...Graduate School of Education undertook a study of Pittsburgh's secondary schools in September 1965 at the request of the city's Board of Education. The Board was about to embark on a new secondary school building program (the last high school in the city was constructed in 1927) and wanted recommendations about the nature and locations of the new buildings. One of the major criteria, the Board said, should be the elimination of de facto segregation...