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Politics is an ancient, usually harmless, and sometimes honorable human game. However, when it is the excuse for crushing human lives when merely a reprimand by society is needed, it becomes a hideous piece of cynicism...
...base" myth seems harmless compared to the view that China's leaders intend that their friendship with the United States serve as a guarantee that the United States would not remain neutral in the event of a Soviet nuclear attack on China. While it is interesting to read Joseph Alsop's report of President Nixon's refusal in February 1969 to join the Soviet Union in a preemptive attack on China's fledgling nuclear facilities, it may be unwarranted to draw the conclusion that the United States would ever sacrifice its basic national security interests for China's sake. During...
...romp through this wonderland discovering faith. These are good kids, close to the mainstream of American life. They don't smoke, drink, or care about sex. All of their emotions are conveniently sublimated into religious faith. When they do reach out to each other, it's in a sappy, harmless way. The modern day Jesus and his John the Baptist are played by two adolescent Adonises who spend a good deal of time hugging each other...
...first reaction was to call up the mass media and send the news over the wires: EXTRA EXTRA HEROIN RELATIVELY HARMLESS TO IMMENSE MAJORITY OF POPULATION. And then the full irony of it hit. Here I was, a nationally reputable drug expert, praised by physicians and adolescents alike for accuracy and honesty, with a company due for a half-million in sales of drug education to the Army, Navy and schools throughout the country, waking up to the fact that I too, like hundreds of millions of Americans, had been shamelessly duped by a few hundred thousand very vocal...
...lead time-to retool assembly lines normally takes about two years-the best antipollution device the engineers could come up with was the catalytic converter. Shaped like a standard muffler and attached to the exhaust system, the converter would completely burn hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide,* turning them into harmless water vapor and gas. Estimated cost to the consumer: at least...