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Even as repression has become more muted in the Soviet Union, social and economic forces are at work in the society to temper ideological fundamentalism. A fervent, unashamed patriotism is still evident, as is a certain loyalty to the ideal of Communism. Still, mass education, one of the system's most laudable achievements, has created legions of men and women who are less inclined than their unlettered peasant parents to accept without question the necessity for class warfare or some of the other brutal simplicities of Communism...
...driving coaching, the conditioning, or the Canadian 40-game schedule mentality to win consistently all season long. Harvard's hockey team is not dedicated in the sense that it narrowly pursues winning hockey with all its energy under a disciplined regime. Harvard hockey players certainly do not receive the fervent support of other major Eastern powers...
...very glib, all true to widely varying extents, all very "now" things to say. All offensive, especially in their slick matrix, but not particularly pernicious. Unfortunately, Harkness shares other insights that are far more insidious. For instance, he criticizes "a fervent Marxist-Leninist" acquaintance: "We figured that any changes that were really going to happen were going to happen in people's heads . . . . So we blew our dope and stayed in our heads . . . . " Yet, describing the transformation of his friends and himself from straight to freak, Harkness includes the stage when "your parents [see] a picture...
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...tell you a little story first. At home over Christmas I had my ritual fervent fight with my parents to counterpoint our otherwise pleasant time together. In fifteen minutes we managed to hit all the sore points, and finally we got to the war. My parents were urging that I go on into the Army rather than get out in some "dishonorable" way. And then my father said, "Look, you kids seem to think that you're the only ones who hate this war, who think about it every day. You're not. It's a goddamn mess-I know...