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Burdens of History Sir: As a devout member of the Anglican Communion, I am profoundly shocked by the bias and misinformation in the June 6 article entitled "Two Miracles & 40 Saints." Granted that Roman Catholics were persecuted by members of my church in those days, this article seems to gloss over the fact that it was a terrible age when all religions persecuted all other religions e.g., Bloody Mary. FRANKLIN W. BARTLE Martinsville...
...amount of sugar-coating by your reporting of the U-2 incident or fast footwork by soothing politicians can gloss over the cold, hard, terrifying fact that this nation is provoking war. How many Russian planes have been shot down over the States lately? After this incident, Khrushchev smells like a rose, and America just smells...
Rule No. 5: Each partner must forthrightly face the issues which cause separation as well as those which create unity. A false sense of Christian charity must not gloss over points of difference that cannot be reconciled. "There is no halfway house, for example, between believing a) that the pope is infallible, and b) that the pope is not infallible. Not even the combined genius of Catholic and Protestant theology could produce a satisfactory middle term. There is no such thing as being 'a little bit infallible...
...build missiles. He told a Manhattan audience that the U.S. generally stresses capabilities to produce in the early stages of Soviet weapons development and "then, as more hard facts are available, we estimate their probable programing, sometimes referred to as 'intentions.' " Dulles did not attempt to gloss over the possibility that the U.S.S.R. could outnumber the U.S. by 3 to 1 in long-range missiles in 1961-63, even though a few new hard facts of intelligence point toward production plans that would reduce the ratio to 2 to 1. In Washington Democrat Symington snapped: "He completely confirms...
High Spirits! (The Four Lads; Columbia, mono and stereo). One of the nation's best vocal quartets swings with infectiously high spirits through a selection of familiar spirituals-Ring Them Chimin' Bells, Bound for Glory-giving each one a fresh sheen without sticky studio gloss...