Word: monitors
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Opinions & Views: Long a leader of the left wing of the Christian Democrats, Gronchi was a leading and early advocate of the "opening to the left." But he has vigorously disowned a Christian Science Monitor story by Correspondent Edmund Stevens (TIME, Feb. 13), which quoted him as in effect favoring a popular front with Nenni's Socialists. (Correspondent Stevens, now in Moscow for Look, stands by his story.) Gronchi has had occasion before to address himself colorfully to suspicions of his commitment to the West. Said he last year: "For eight years they depicted me as an enemy...
...more complicated, quick-acting and violent, they are more prone to self-destruction if something goes wrong. Some nuclear reactors, for instance, can turn into radioactive junk in a fraction of a second. To avoid such misadventures, most modern mechanical and electronic systems are equipped with built-in monitors that watch their operation and shut them down promptly at the first sign of trouble. But if a vacuum tube or relay in the monitor fails, the main machine is like a building whose night watchman has dropped dead. Trouble can start and get out of hand with...
...Last week, Giovanni Gronchi answered that question in a surprisingly outspoken interview with U.S. Correspondent Edmund Stevens. If State Department officials expect that the invitation to the U.S. will check Signor Gronchi's discomforting leaning to the left in Italian politics, Stevens reported in the Christian Science Monitor, they are in for a "serious shock." Point by point, Gronchi ticked off the advice he intends to give...
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (650 points put of 800): The church is weak here in public information and propaganda. "There are apparently too many Catholic publications, with too little effort to see that any of them are truly outstanding." The Deport cites the Christian Science Monitor as the level of excellence Catholic publications should aim for. "Having first used the word propaganda, the Holy See has failed to utilize the best talent available in the field. Time and again it puts its worst vestment forward when the best side could easily be shown...
...corps to a dozen, including three for the A.P., two for U.P., and one each for I.N.S., New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, NBC and CBS. Also due in Moscow this week is Look's Edmund Stevens, 45, who will still appear occasionally in the Christian Science Monitor...