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...take on the raiment of authority. Looking back now, we see that there was no one else who could have played Tom Joad, no one else who could do what Fonda did-drain the sentiment and literariness out of that speech with his drawling directness and, in the process, encompass some of what is best in the American character...
Your report on the poll of West Bank Arabs states that "only 59% agree with the P.L.O. that a Palestinian state should encompass 'all of Palestine.' " This is a euphemism for the elimination of Israel. In view of this attitude, Israel's willingness to grant even limited autonomy to those 59% must be considered generous...
...strategy for the alliance would be a wise move, especially from the point of view of integrating it with a strategy for the pursuit of arms control and disarmament that would be in consonance with deeply felt and real needs of our time. A revision of NATO strategy should encompass the objectives of reducing our dependence on nuclear weapons in an overall sense and on reducing pressures for early use of nuclear weapons in particular...
Stepping up recruitment of working class students--one possible solution to the problem--could prove difficult because working-class students still lack an "established focus" at Harvard. Fitzsimmons said. But he added that the admissions staff will try to restructure next fall's recruiting trips to encompass more schools with many working class students, and will distribute a new booklet called "How to Finance a Harvard-Radcliffe Education...
THOUGH HARRIS underutilized her own voice in some poems, it stretches to encompass worlds in Harris's later "Chants," which she places, curiously enough, toward the beginning of the book. In "Beneath the Pole of Proud Raven," a voice takes over wolf's claws, fish's skin, and other natural powers, becoming everything. Harris's chants are prayers, exciting and meant to be read aloud. Her words are weapons in a struggle against the conventions of the city and the "second language" of urbanites...