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...Jusceli-no! Jusceli-no!" chanted a handkerchief-waving throng of 3,000 at Rio's Galeão international airport. Then from the doorway of an Air France 707 came the man, still trim and agile despite his 63 years, his face split in a toothful smile, his right arm swinging in a familiar jaunty wave. Brazil's former President Juscelino Kubitschek-still admired by the people but loathed as a symbol of corruption by the present revolutionary government-had returned home after 16 months of self-imposed exile. Said he: "I have come back at zero hour...
...Pope wants only to tame the world wide Catholic desire to modernize not to destroy it. Yet even if Paul were to decide ultimately in favor of conservation rather than reformation, it seems unlikely that this would forestall even more radical change for long. Windows opened in a gale are not easily shut and are easily reopened. Paul may or may not choose to be a truly postconciliar Pope. But whatever he chooses, the impetus to complete the reformation is already there in the records of Vatican II, waiting for another council, or another John. Or another Luther...
Becoming a Quagmire. The winter skies darkened last month, when ten days of rain turned central Chile into a sodden quagmire. Dirt roads, track beds and bridges were washed away. A fortnight ago, when gale-force winds slammed through Valparaiso and Santiago into the Andes, bringing more rains and blizzards, Chileans recognized a new national disaster...
...William Widnall: "I have always thought the mark of a truly liberal mind was supposed to be fairness to the individual, dislike for kicking a man when he is unable to answer because of his office, and distaste for commercial profit at the expense of others." Added Democratic Senator Gale McGee: "This is startling from a man like Schlesinger." Vice President Humphrey joined the chorus and offered his own stern rebuke: "I think it has been harmful. I think it has been mischievous. I don't think it has helped the country...
Wyoming Democrat Gale McGee: "In Viet Nam today, we are experiencing a clandestine form of international Communist aggression which stands as the greatest remaining threat to peace in the world. This insidious aggression, known as 'wars of national liberation,' stands on trial in Viet Nam. If it succeeds, it can only lead to further aggression elsewhere. But if it fails, we can hope that aggression may be over forever...