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...Gaulle has largely himself to blame for the Communist resurgence: his fervent courting of Communist countries and his criticism of U.S. policies have given a new respectability to France's Communists. To that they added new power by forming an electoral pact with François Mitterrand's Federation of Democratic Socialists, the third largest party. Under the pact, the candidate, either Communist or Socialist, who had more votes in the first election or stood the better chance of beating the Gaullist man became the candidate of both leftist parties in the runoff. Accordingly, the Communists withdrew their...
...second and most vital blow came from the present turmoils of the so-called Great Cultural Revoluiton. The violent and sometimes ridiculous path of the revolution his disgusted and dismayed the bulk of nations, except for those socialists, who claim to be fervent pro-Chinese...
...development of educational television. He urged legislation to outlaw "all wiretapping, public and private, except when the security of the nation itself is at stake." Another unexpected recommendation was Johnson's plea for an "all-out effort to combat crime." The President expounded on the subject for four fervent minutes, devoting more detail to the subject than any other single item except the war. He outlined a "Safe Streets and Crime Control Act" that would offer federal grants to local governments to help pay for statewide "master plan" crime control, new communications and alarm systems, new crime laboratories...
...seven years of existence Wilson has undergone a metamorphosis. It has become as much a closed society as the clubs are. But ironically, the Wilson members are bound together by their fervent opposition to the isolation of the club system. Wilson's president, Dan Altman, says sarcastically, "To an outsider, this insularity is childish nonsense--to us, it is a way of life, 'the Princeton experience...
Probably most students, in order to get what they want from the administration, will be willing to junk the demands that have been advanced for giving non-students the same political rights as students. Only a few of the most fervent consider the non-student issue the most important at stake...