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...policymakers had calculated that Chou would follow the pattern of Communist revolutionaries and make the bellicose decision. He did. Having committed himself to grab Formosa by force of arms, he would not trade that threat for the enormous diplomatic and propaganda advantages that might have followed Communist acceptance of a cease fire agreement...
...concession from the West. In fact, if Washington and Taipeh are right about the real Communist intentions, you have to conclude that Chou En-lai is a mere boastful muddler. Such is the conflict of evidence. It is an even bet either way for this year. But a Communist grab for Formosa is a virtual certainty next year or the year after that if we do not strengthen our shockingly weakened defenses on this side of the Pacific and if we fail to find some better Asian policy than piecemeal retreat...
...outcome of the 19th century's hot war between science and religion. It has ended in an uncomfortable ceasefire, and in the creation of a line that would separate knowledge from all other human activities. Religion has too often agreed to accept the role of a nonscientific spiritual grab bag . . . while science has promised to give up its control over feeling and will...
...religion either as an abstract or a grab bag is not true religion. "If we ask it at all, we should not ask abstractly, 'Should I be religious?' but rather 'Should I be a Jew?' or 'Should I be a Roman Catholic?' or 'Should I be a Protestant...
Hershy Kay: Western Symphony (New York City Ballet Orchestra conducted by Leon Barzin; Vox, 1 LP). A grab bag of American tunes, famous (Good Night, Ladies) and infamous (Rye Whisky), written to order for George Balanchine's crack ballet company. Comments Balanchine aptly on the album cover: "It was exactly as if I had ordered . . . riding clothes, admirably cut, free in the seat, smart at the hips, and unobtrusively if personally elegant...