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...which struck down the use of a school prayer composed by the New York State Board of Regents. Despite the public furor, says Craig, "no other decision would have been consistent with the dictates of the First Amendment." Far from being hostile to religion, the court simply sustained the long-held U.S. belief that "a union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion." >Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), which overturned a 1942 ruling that indigent defendants in state criminal trials are not necessarily entitled to court-appointed counsel. By its long-held reluctance to require such...
Until recently, mindful of war and the threat of nationalization, Europe's middle classes have generally preferred to sock away their savings in banks, bonds and real estate. But Europe's continually rising economic prosperity -and its inflation-is changing long-held aversions to stock investments. Having already adopted supermarkets, trading stamps and cotton candy, Europeans are naturally turning to American stocks. Current favorites: IBM, General Motors...
This stirring supports De Gaulle's long-held view that national ambitions invariably prevail over ideologies. "No ordeal changes the nature of man," De Gaulle puts it, "and no crisis changes the nature of states." He argues that the interests of the Czechs, Poles, Bulgarians, and even the Russians, are essentially European and therefore common with France. A top Gaullist insists, "When the time for a real détente comes, it is not America that can speak to Eastern Europe. Western Europe can. Look at the Poles! They're still frightened to death of the Germans...
...crisis spot so far in 1964. Diplomatic relations with the U.S. were broken after riots ostensibly caused by a dispute over how Panamanian and U.S. flags should be flown in the U.S.-controlled Canal Zone. But the dispute goes much deeper than that, stems from burgeoning Panamanian nationalism and long-held resentment about the 1903 treaty that gave the U.S. rights "in perpetuity" over the canal. Panama's President Roberto Chiari insists now that the U.S. must promise to renegotiate the treaty. Tom Mann, who rushed to Panama himself right after the riots, along with then-Army Secretary Cyrus...
...This," cried Jimmy Hoffa, "is one of the finest contracts ever negotiated in the U.S." For Teamster Boss Hoffa, it was also the fulfillment of a long-held dream: to bring Teamster locals under the umbrella of a single national agreement with truckers...