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...priorities should not only be: Les Malgache avant le Kirghize, but also--more importantly--that the suffering inflicted upon the Kirghizes in the Soviet Union should not be used to justify those inflicted on the Malgaches in the French Empire. Herein lies the thrust of his "unsparing" and Olympian demolition of Camus who adopted a partisan Cold War attitude on these problems: In support of the absolute right to liberation of the Hungarians whilst denying such a right to the Algerians. Camus, in any event, has no need for illiterate defenders who, lacking his considerable abilities, still crudely soldier...
...program is based on prejudgment supplemented by flimsy, outdated, inaccurate and misread evidence. Dean Welch did not visit this campus, nor did he systematically discuss the religious studies program with anyone on this campus. Apparently he was content to fabricate his dubious thunderbolts while enthroned on Berkeley's Olympian heights...
Married. Stavros Niarchos, 62, millionaire Greek shipowner; and Tina Livanos Onassis, 42, recently divorced from the Marquess of Blandford; he for the fifth time, she for the third; in Paris. The ceremony marked the latest round of marital musical chairs, Olympian division. Shortly after World War II, Niarchos and his business rival, Aristotle Onassis, courted and won the daughters of Shipping Magnate Stavros Livanos. Tina wed Onassis, whom she later divorced. Niarchos, in the meantime, married and divorced Tina's older sister Eugenie. Later, he wed Henry Ford II's daughter Charlotte, then returned to Eugenie, who died...
...Year-Old Olympian...
...Nixon's display of Olympian unconcern a wise course? To some, it seemed that the President was once again showing an unwillingness to follow through on major decisions. Through his presidency, they argued, Nixon has sounded the trumpet on one program after another?welfare reform, the governmental reorganization of his "New American Revolution," revenue sharing?and then lost interest in making them work. To engineer a turnaround of the U.S. economy, his critics charge, Nixon must forsake the security of the television screen and reassure doubters in person...