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These speeches on farm policy are extensively quoted by farm groups and Democratic congressmen. In addition Galbraith often testifies in Washington on economic issues such as the present recession. And he travels--perhaps as widely, though not so often, as our Secretary of State. In May, for instance, he began a six week trip through Poland and Yugoslavia as part of a cultural exchange program, returned to the U.S. in June, and spent the remainder of the summer in South America. (A journal which he kept on this trip to Europe will be published next month by the University Press...
...students we met often touched on "sore spots" in American political and social life. They asked us to explain the difference between a Republican and a Democrat, why our constitution permits the legislative and executive to be of different parties, what constitutional powers the states possess, whether our dependence upon machines was making us into unthinking robots, and what contributions America could make to the world besides financial...
...older students voiced concern over American foreign policy. We were often asked what the U.S. was doing to preserve world peace, why it had invaded Lebanon, why Hbomb tests had not been halted, and chided for our failure to launch a space satellite ahead of Russia. One very troubling question: "Why is America so opposed to Asia...
...Crimson forwards revived an old failing of last year as they were unable to set up plays in front of the Amherst goal and get off good shots. Often the varsity linemen would get the ball deep into Amherst territory where they would be confronted by a formidable, three-man line of defense. Instead of trying to go around this line, they would try unsuccessfully to go through it. The result was that the Amherst goalie never had to handle a really difficult shot in the whole afternoon...
Women and Thomas Harrow, by John P. Marquand. Marquand may have harrowed the ashes of middle-class success and marriage once too often, but a considerable literary glow remains...