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Modest Yet Vigorous. Such measures would cost money-money that the Europeans, protected for nearly 20 years by the U.S. nuclear umbrella, have always been loath to spend. In his 16th and farewell appearance before the ministers, U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk was as candid as Lemnitzer, telling the European partners that they must carry a greater share of the burden. Rusk and U.S. Defense Secretary Clark Clifford offered only an estimated $50 million in fresh U.S. aid. They also promised to return to Europe for maneuvers two infantry brigades and four tactical Air Force squadrons that had been...
...indeed too busy with their own concerns for that. The sad truth is, however, that not only at Harvard, but in every school, the only intellectual stimulation of lasting value is from within a student himself; no classroom, however glittering, can goad him to an end he is loath to achieve. The professors Mr. Alexander describes have failed indeed: but they have failed in the impossible. I do not deny that we love and respect most those professors who make the glorious attempt to reach other people in a profound way; but what distinguishes them is a quality not essential...
Lasting Investment. Politics represents a direction architects have traditionally been loath to take. But not for much longer. Says A.I.A. President George Kassabaum: "Architects cannot wait until the politician, the sociologist and the economist invite us into the picture. By then, too many of the important decisions have been made." Nat Owings heartily agrees. He knows from experience that once decisions have been built into concrete, they are there to stay. He also sees the architect as the only person trained to maintain the balance between those esthetic qualities that give grace to modern city living and the multiple commercial...
...greatest danger remains that polls tempt candidates to be popular rather than right. Yet in a democracy, there is always a conflict between responsiveness and responsibility. And quite often the public is far more alert to the need for new policies than are self-justifying politicians, who may be loath to alter stand-pat positions. So for all the flaws and abuses of present-day polls, they do stimulate the dialogue between the people and their elected officials...
...Price. Most congressional conservatives, who now hold power in the House, have said all along that Johnson could have his long-sought tax rise -provided, of course, that he reduced spending. The President, mindful of the needs of the cities and Viet Nam, was loath to do this. Finally, a fortnight ago, he agreed to a cut of $4 billion, enough to bring the 1968-69 budget down to $182.1 billion. More, he said, would create "chaos in government...