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...Offset Outset...
...offset [March 16] has done-taken the mystery out of the offset process. Our 19 newspapers are now changing over to offset. Since we have been working on the transition, one of our editors came up with a line describing the chaos when a paper changes over: "At the outset, there was an upset over the onset of offset." I think that describes what is going on in the newspaper business all over the country...
...enforcement are not synonyms. No matter how intricate a network the West demands, inspection cannot enforce a test-ban treaty by punishing violations. As soon as the Soviet Union violates an agreement, we would have to restore our ability to test, why then, should we dismantle at the outset the best means of enforcing compliance...
...support his charges, Mr. Bator cites first the suggestion that the United States should accede to some aims of Soviet foreign policy "with no negotiation or quid pro quo of any kind." At the outset, it should be noted that that is not what the students said. Their program of initiatives was proposed as "the necessary complement to sustained and serious negotiations." (p. 6) But leaving that aside, the students did suggest that the United States undertake on its own a series of steps without waiting for a negotiated quid pro quo. Does this suggestion demonstrate irresponsibility...
When evidence that the film Operation Abolition was highly inaccurate was presented, Robertson was skeptical. He suggested that the San Francisco riots should have been quieted at their outset and no trouble would have developed...