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...which the worm has turned. Even when we have made all allowance for the application of new psychological techniques in the service of tyranny, past experience seems to make it unlikely that human tyrants will ever succeed in taking mankind right out of history, so long as human life-and, with it, Man's mulish nature-continues to survive on Earth...
Conscription, enormous taxes, interference with business and labor unions are all justified in the name of national interest and national survival. Freedom must always be tailored to the facts of life-and the 20th century facts of life demand great sacrifices. Neither Senators nor scientists can be exempted. The task of statesmanship is to allow the maximum freedom consistent with the Government's responsibilities. In the McCarthy case Eisenhower is trying to enforce rules that are reasonable in the circumstances. In the Oppenheimer case Gordon Gray is trying to enforce rules reasonable in the circumstances. These rules...
Variety, the old saw says, is the spice of life-and for sheer spice nothing beats the month...
...smug. Their grousing may spring from something deeper than the price of steak (or mink). They may sense that the future depends on how the U.S. plays its part in the world crisis and that this, in turn, depends on what goes on inside the U.S. A better American life-and not merely what the Democrats mean by better-could resolve the international deadlock...
...tour of Scandinavia, but she has yet to sing opera abroad. Europe will not think her a beauty. One European musician describes her thus: "Fairly tall, slender, and has a pleasant horse face, like a clean-cut American college girl." And Europe has heard better voices. But everyone likes life-and Patrice Munsel has a lot of that. Among other things, she would like to try her Fledermaus Adele-in German-on the Viennese...