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...Revolution, by Hannah Arendt. In a shrewd study, Historian Arendt examines the long-held notion that revolutions cure social ills, concludes that most of them do more harm than good...
...only withholds help from the raiders, but actively discourages them. Washington thinks that the raids do Castro no real harm, and in fact, encourage the Russians to keep their troops in Cuba. Last week, acting on information provided by the U.S., British authorities in the Bahamas seized a 35-ft. raider boat named Violynn III. The crew of 17 had been bound on a mission to land arms on the coast of Cuba; then they intended to seek out a Russian tanker and attack it with 20-mm. incendiary and explosive shells...
Earlier, McNamara had told Arkansas Senator John McClellan's Senate Investigations Subcommittee, which is holding the TFX hearings, that "I think there is going to be tremendous harm done to many individuals as a result of this hearing." He left no doubt about who he thought would be hurt the most. The hearings, as reported in the press, he said, imply "that I am either subject to political influence, self-interest, or stupid...
When halothane was introduced as an anesthetic in 1956, it seemed nearly perfect. Unlike ether and cyclopropane, it is both nonflammable and nonexplosive-a valuable asset in the modern operating room crammed with electronic gadgetry. It causes patients a minimum of discomfort and, it seemed, could do them no harm at all. It rapidly became widely used. But last week doctors were disturbed by reports in the New England Journal of Medicine that halothane might have caused as many as ten deaths by damaging the patient's liver...
...present Labor Secretary, Willard Wirtz, has shown little inclination to follow Goldberg's example. And there is good cause for believing that Government intervention, over the long haul, can do more harm than good. Explains George P. Shultz, dean of the University of Chicago's Business School: "The Government should be a reluctant intervener, not a delighted intervener. Sometimes, before a strike even happens, the Administration speculates on just what a reasonable settlement might be. Now if I'm a bargainer and I hear this kind of talk, that takes the wraps off me. I know there...