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...China proper presumably would be left for future decision, but obviously the Nationalist regime's claim to be the government of China would no longer be recognized. But while Taiwan has indicated that it would remain in the U.N. if China were admitted to the General Assembly, the nub of the question is whether Taipei will be able to retain its permanent seat on the Security Council. Only the Taiwan government's delay in advising the U.S. precisely what it will do is keeping the U.S. from announcing its own decision on Taiwan's dilemma...
That the Administration could not persuade a majority of Senators of the qualifications of either Haynsworth or Carswell was the nub of the entire fight. Unquestionably, there was some truth to the argument that a number of current and past Justices were no jewels of judicial wisdom. Doubtless, some Democrats were glad to embarrass the Administration and would have behaved differently toward men of similar caliber who were nominated by a Democratic President. Certainly the fact that both judges are Southern conservatives evoked opposition from blacks, liberal intellectuals and trade unionists, inducing some Senators to be more skeptical than they...
...nub of the problem is that TV is not going away and people are not going to the movies. Since the 1940s, the population has increased 30%; admission prices have doubled since 1959. Yet last year the box-office gross was 24% less than in 1946. At a time when Hollywood is producing work of greater artistic interest, the studios seem to have lost their moneymaking touch...
...nub of the impasse between black students and the University is the OBU demand that Harvard agree to employ twenty per cent black and "Third World" workers on all University construction sites. The Administration has balked at this demand, but the two major arguments with which they have justified their opposition are insufficient...
Most of the contributors stay admirably unentangled with ideology and come to the nub of the problem: How to get things done. The best effort is Thomas H. Jenkins' "A Positive Agenda for Social Power." Jenkins is a Deputy Project Director for the Boston Redevelopment Authority and his Agenda displays real savvy about how cities operate and none of the common paranoia about (or rhetorical fascination with) black power. His aim is Negro "social and economic achievement" and his method is community planning and action. His first complaint is that Negro community outfits are too often mere "veto groups" that...