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...army because of an infected foot. Odysseus and Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, come to Lemnos to persuade Philoctetes to give them the bow of Heracles. Without it, says the seer Helenus, the Greeks will never capture Troy. After many a stratagem and one deus ex machina, all three embark for Troy with the bow. Sophocles artfully balances these three characters so that at one pole Odysseus represents super-subtlety, and at the other Neoptolemus embodies noble naivete. In the middle is Philoctetes...
...summit conferences as substitute for well- formulated policies, but he might well jeoparadize his position when he speaks, in conclusion, of "the perils of having as principal negotiators the men who make the final decision about the use of hydrogen bombs. Frustration or humiliation may cause them to embark on an irrevocable course...
...contain at least a shack. Overdevelopment is particularly evident around the University itself, a district whose primarily residential character imposes decided restrictions on any construction that Harvard may anticipate. Because of those intrinisc limitations and because overdevelopment has caused land values to skyrocket, the University reasons that it must embark on a program aimed mainly at conversion of its own open land and out-dated facilities...
...Lunge. What induced Moscow to embark on this disruptive lunge? One answer is that Russia wants nothing, no body, no agreement, no group of nations capable of hampering any adventure or pursuit the Kremlin might have in mind. Though the Russians value the U.N. as a propaganda forum, they have no interest in a U.N. with power to act (Zorin was quick to point out that he had nothing against the U.N. itself, only against its executive officer). Even if the present attack is beaten back, it has served the Russians' purpose in intimidating Hammarskjold...
...this son of Massachusetts hopes will characterize our Government's conduct in the four stormy years that lie ahead. Humbly I ask his help in this undertaking-but aware that on earth his will is worked by man, I ask for your help and your prayers, as I embark on this new and solemn journey...