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...ranking members of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, a CIA-funded organization which was set up to ensure the loyalty of non-communist intellectuals all over the world to the interests of the emerging American empire. Koestler and Borkenau joined such right-wing figures as James Burnham and Sidney Hook in a war in which ideas were viewed as weapons only, intended to prevent any deviation, however slight, from the emerging American line. The style of these official anticommunists was a remarkable combination of intimidaation, ideoloGical doubletalk, and intellectual hooliganism...
Should the most productive nation in history continue to produce so lavishly? A call for a full-scale debate on the point has now come from Russell E. Train, chairman of President Nixon's Council on Environmental Quality. Last week Train voiced, on his own hook, the toughest line yet to come from a Nixon Administration official. "Most of us march to the tune of 'Produce or Perish,' and this has helped make of Americans a nation of high achievers," he told the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. "But with all of the benefits from continued economic...
Packages can be shipped-and protected-in any language, too. These symbols instruct shippers and cargo handlers to "keep frozen" and "keep dry." Equally clear are labels that depict a broken goblet ("fragile"), a crossed-out hook ("use no hooks") and a package separated from the sun by a heavy diagonal line ("protect from heat...
...studying a personal income tax plan that might take another $5 to $10 a month from already tight family budgets in Belford. Besides taxes, residents were recently hit with special expenses when the town finally joined an areawide sewer authority. Every homeowner was obliged to pay $500 to hook into the sewer system, and is now charged a quarterly...
Sensing the Jox's inexcusable shoddiness, referee Don Donovan penalized the Administration 20 points for disorganization and a general lack of elegance. With four seconds remaining in the contest, and the score 21-2, Crimson guard Sue Kinsley calmly flicked in a soft 40-foot hook shot to insure a 23-2 triumph. SCORING Box Jox 19 12 -- 31 Crimson...