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...been a debilitating experience for the economy. Since 1964 the U.S. has poured in $107.8 billion in direct spending, an amount second only to the $664 billion spent in World War II. In 1969 at the height of the war, the direct cost was $21.5 billion. This led to huge budget deficits and punishing inflation. In an attempt to curb that inflation, the Government created the recession of 1970 and imposed the wage-price controls. More than that, the high cost of Viet Nam forced the nation to put off spending for many badly needed domestic projects?schools, hospitals, sewage...
...World War II probably marked the pinnacle of U.S. prestige; the height of the Viet Nam War may well have marked its nadir. Hamilton Fish Armstrong, retiring editor of Foreign Affairs, writes in the current issue: "The methods we have used in fighting the war have scandalized and disgusted public opinion in almost all foreign countries. Not since we withdrew into comfortable isolation in 1920 has the prestige of the U.S. stood...
...Quaker defense that most observers point to as the teams strength. All Ivy back Bill Straub and returning starters Don Ries and John Gribben compose the best fullback corps the Crimson offensive line will face all year. "They have height and speed in the backs, are steady and strong physically, and tackle crisply," Malin said. Goalie Jim Miller leads the league with a 1.0 goals per game average, but because of the strength of the defense in front of him he is an unknown quantity. "We'll probably do some early shooting to find out how good...
...made himself responsible in the highest degree for every bit of preparation that sets a movie scene and all the film mechanics that go on afterward. People are his prime resource. He rediscovers the diversity of individual reactions to common social experience--something few directors have achieved since the height of Satyajit Ray's artistry and the works of the better Italian neo-realists. Troell's people move with the same apparent integrity as any in Devt or Open City. All that occasionally mars our complete perception of their actions is Erik Nordgren's music, which bears intrusive lingerings from...
...great encompassing umbrella under which all humanity could huddle, regardless. Varda One, a radical philologist, asks for the obliteration of such repugnant pronouns as he and she, his and hers. In place she offers ve, vis and ver. "We don't go around addressing persons by their race, height or eye color," says One. "Why should we identify them by sex?" Unfortunately, such designations tend to remove rather than increase an individual's sense of self. "Personalized" Christmas cards are about as personal as a paper...