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...July 7, 1975 Newsweek column was intended to be a generally laudatory review--but with the warning that the subject is such a delicate one that writers and readers must take care in phrasing lest they be misunderstood or their findings be misused. Those who read the column realize that I contrasted the new doctrines of Social Darwinism with its emphasis on evolutionary altruism to the old version of the post-Spencer reactionaries, and posed questions about the new version...
...stab at photography during a twelve-day visit to China earlier this month. "I'm not a professional photographer, just a tourist," cautioned Julie, who still managed to click off 288 vacation snaps, including some respectable photos of Husband David atop a stone camel at the Ming Tombs. Lest Julie's amateur shutterbugging go awry, Chinese photographers accompanied the couple and presented them with a record of their trip. One other gift was included-a surprise 63rd birthday cake for Dad from the Shanghai Revolution ary Committee. "It said 'Happy Birthday, Mr. Nixon,' "disclosed Julie, "both...
...care for 15,000 orphans round the world. Every village consists of a cluster of houses, each presided over by a foster mother who cares for eight to ten orphans. They grow up as a family, even attending local schools. Gmeiner asks his foster mothers not to marry lest their commitment become divided. In turn, he has remained unmarried...
...cannot leave until they have completed military service. Women must be at least 30 years old; before that, they are expected to hold down jobs in place of men in the military. About 50 categories of professionals and technicians, including doctors, lawyers and engineers, are denied exit visas lest they refuse to return home. Also forbidden to emigrate are Syria's 4,000 Jews, the remnant of a community that once numbered more than 25,000. Jews may work for the government, but they cannot hold senior jobs. They must have written permission to travel within the country. Curiously...
...Lest there was any doubt that the self-styled "Communist parties of capitalist Europe" were veering away from Moscow, the position paper endorsed the "free circulation of people" - an attack on Soviet emigration and travel restrictions. Western Europe's two largest Communist parties specifically asserted that "the right of each people to decide in a sovereign manner its own political and social regime must be guaranteed...