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...Moral Myopia. Reaction from the near to the far left, and antiwar groups in general, was intriguing. The left provided some of the most outspoken criticism of the Russians (exception: the American Communist Party, which sid ed with Moscow against the "creeping counterrevolution" in Prague). The Socialist Party leadership joined with prominent liberals to urge, along with Washington, that the U.N. demand an end to Soviet intervention. But con demnation of Russia scarcely reached the pitch that generally goes with condemnation of the U.S. in Viet...
Dean Rusk dismissed parallels between Viet Nam and Czechoslovakia as "moral myopia." Yet the question deserved to be considered. Here and there in Washington, amid genuine indignation, there was also an occasional flicker of professional sympathy for Russia, as between one world power and another ("There are, after all, not many in the club," said one official). In both the Dominican Republic and Viet Nam, the U.S. intervened in what it con sidered a legitimate sphere of influence. But in the Dominican Republic, the government had been ousted and civil war threatened anarchy and, quite possibly, a new dictatorship...
Harvard meets M.I.T. at 1 p.m. today at Myopia Country Club. The golfers face Holy Cross at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday...
Today, Harvard gets back to its Ivy League schedule in a 1:30 p.m. match against Brown at the Crimson's Myopia Country Club...
...singers, all the masters of the put-on. Once upon a time we had Ruby and the Romantics, the Teddy Bears, Joey Dee and the Starlighters. Now the nouns and adjectives fight, putting each oher on, putting us on. The 13th Floor Elevator, the Strawberry Alarm Clock, Progressive Myopia. We like...