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...dedication to the stability of the dollar and to expansion of foreign trade. He recalled Kennedy's famed Inauguration Day challenge: "Let us begin." And he now resolved: "Let us continue. This is our challenge: not to hesitate, not to pause, not to turn about and linger over this evil moment, but to continue on our course so that we may fulfill the destiny history...
...independent European deterrent based on De Gaulle's force de dissuasion. But even as Adenauer's desk was being carted out of the Chancellor's office in the Palais Schaumburg (he has bought it from the government), he seemed confident that his views would linger...
...Violin Concerto was finally heard in New York. Soloist Ruggiero Ricci and the orchestra did not rehearse the full concerto together until the morning of the premiere. But when the musicians reached the final instrumental fantasy that ends the work, the composer was forgiven his wish to linger over his music. The players leapt to their feet with rare shouts of "Bravo!"-as much for the absent Ginastera as for Ricci's command of the intricate music...
...attempt a "soft" instrument landing on the moon? U.S. spacemen would be relieved to know the answer. For though none of them wholly agree with British Astronomer Bernard Lovell, who thinks that the Russians are making no effort at all to put their cosmonauts on the moon, doubts do linger. Russian-American cooperation would at least end the nagging worry that the U.S. may be going for broke in a $40 billion race against an utterly indifferent opponent...
...encourage Communists to risk limited aggression, might even weaken the effectiveness of nuclear striking power as a deterrent against a major Communist thrust. The debate has since quieted down, but last week, in a speech in Seattle, Washington's Democratic Senator Henry M. Jackson showed that misgivings still linger. He "strongly supported the strengthening of our conventional forces," said Jackson, but the U.S. must not forget that its safety and that of the free world ultimately depend upon nuclear weapons and the nation's "will" to use them if necessary. "What defends Berlin?" Jackson asked...