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Between editing L'Express and writing an occasional piece for Le Monde, Servan-Schreiber finds time for outside writing, also broadcasts on the French radio and lectures for BBC. France is in deplorable condition politically, he argues volubly, and "inertia [could] lead the country slowly and painlessly into Communism." But the country, says dedicated, austere Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, "may still be saved by young men convinced of their mission, whose personal lives are austere and dedicated to work...
...protecting FBI loyalty files from unauthorized persons as McCarthy. When a fundamental moral issue as McCarthyism arises, it is ignored. No one, as yet, has measured the loss of reputations in dollars and cents. So, McCarthy's attacks were estimated in terms of efficiency. His action was balm to inertia-minded conservatives who like nothing better than a little motion, concentric as it may be, just as a change of pace. The present American conservative, unlike the British conservative to whom constitutionality and civil liberty are first considerations, needs a Constitutionality and civil liberty are first considerations, needs a Constitutional...
...small cocktail parties rather than beer-blasts forced this experiment in "mass, collectivist entertainment" to close its doors after losing over $500. The College just seemed to have no interest in this sort of amusement after the initial weekend two years ago. It just seemed to crumble from inertia...
...National Council of Churches, of which the Federal Council became a part-a vigorous collaboration of 30 churches representing a total membership of some 35.5 million. Presbyterian Cavert's delicate balance of diplomacy and decision was indispensable in the council's triumph over the formidable opposition of inertia and denominational differences. Cavert's approach: "A council of churches is not so much an attempt to create unity as to practice such unity as we already have." . After World War II, Cavert took a six month leave of absence from his job to help organize the World Council...
into mediocrity and inertia should lead the country slowly