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...dark side of progress is man's spectacular skill at devising better and better ways to kill other men. The nuclear bomb, unfortunately, is not the end of it. There is also chemical and biological warfare, known as CBW, a fount of doomsday weapons that the U.S. and Russia have been rapidly developing. Until recently, the docility of Congress toward Pentagon planning forestalled any real review of the hush-hush CBW program with its secret appropriations. Now, prompted by press reports and rumors, emboldened by the general concern over U.S. military policy, congressional investigators are demanding answers from...
...good. The main trouble with Nixon's proposal is that it would eliminate the Congressman's main fount of patronage. The largesse includes 33,000 postmasterships and 34,000 rural free delivery jobs, all of which are doled out as political tribute with guidance from members of Congress...
...fedayeen getting aid or inspiration from the world's other main revolutionary fount, Peking. "We read
...principal spokesman for this magisterium. But he also argues that those who claim to speak and define God's word should base their right not on an abstract and untenable theological doctrine but on fidelity to Scripture. "For both preachers and audience," says Simons, "the final fount of the Gospel message is in the New Testament books, the only extant documents connecting us with verifiable certainty with Jesus and his message." He concludes that by keeping faithful to the record of Christ's words and deeds, the church will always be able to protect itself against errors that...
...talented talent scout, even if he couldn't spell very well. "Dear Max," F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote to his editor, Maxwell Perkins, in 1924: "This is to tell you about a young man named Ernest Hemmingway, who lives in Paris & has a brilliant future. Ezra Fount published a collection of his short pieces. I havn't it hear now but its remarkable & I'd look him up right away." Fitzgerald's letter was filed away at Charles Scribner's Sons in Manhattan, along with the publishing house's correspondence with hundreds of other authors...