Word: national
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...against this kind of situation." In May 1 Law Day speeches, other Administration officials echoed Nixon, calling student rebels "ideological criminals" and "new barbarians." Said Attorney General John Mitchell: "The time has come for an end to patience. I call for an end to minority tyranny on the nation's campuses and for the immediate re-establishment of civil peace and the protection of individual rights...
...rhetoric and maneuvers last week, there was some doubt that peace on the nation's campuses could soon be imposed, either by force or reason. The university is no longer merely an ivory tower for the scholarly or only a vehicle for economic elevation. It is very much a part of the world it lives in. As long as that world is in upheaval, there will be sympathetic campus vibrations...
...strong enough to make continued defiance of France's neighbors stick. Sooner or later, West Germany, which can already claim greater prosperity and a sounder currency than France, will assume more influence. Even divided, Germany will likely regain its historic role as the Continent's strongest nation west of Russia...
Shouldered Burden. One result of this shifting balance could well be a French decision to bring Britain into the Common Market as a counterweight to the increasingly potent neighbor across the Rhine. De Gaulle favored a "Europe of nation-states" and doubted that political union was possible or desirable. The U.S. has long backed British membership, as have France's five Common Market partners; Pompidou has already indicated that he thinks British entry is not forever out of the question. If the French now help to make Britain more firmly a part of Europe, what may finally come about...
...Pentagon, to review the strategic priorities for the next few decades. To forestall any doubts about the commission's findings, the chairmanship will probably go to a prominent outsider, perhaps a journalist. Any new Administration could be expected to take at least a perfunctory reappraisal of the nation's military posture. Under attack, Nixon's men seem to be taking seriously the need for a genuine and comprehensive review...