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For 29 years he had been a Labor member of Parliament. He had served capably as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer in postwar Labor governments, and had gone on to four years of distinguished duty as president of the Brussels-based European Commission, the executive arm of the...
Though the size of the reduction is modest, industry experts were impressed by the sheer fact that the fiercely nationalistic and independent-minded oil producers had agreed to any sort of production quotas. "Now you can call us a real cartel," crowed one senior OPEC staffer, after agreement was reached...
Like the complex interactions within the atom, the volatile human forces at work on the planet earth may be able to maintain their dynamic equilibrium indefinitely. That will unquestionably require ever increasing wisdom and skillful management, as well as luck. Many more Americans are now beginning to think seriously about...
But blame for the decline in East-West relations does not lie entirely with the Soviets. Congressional meddling in foreign policy and the collapse of presidential authority during Watergate contributed to the breakdown of detente in the mid-'70s. The inconsistency and ineptitude of the Carter Administration made a bad...
These and other advocates of what they regard as a tough-minded, unemotional view of the issue believe that the U.S. could and should fight a nuclear war with the Soviets if the only alternatives were either Soviet conquest of an area vital to American interests or, worse, a Soviet...