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...black, red, white or yellow, Democrat, Republican or Socialist, every man, woman and child in these United States owes a solemn duty to the freedom he or she enjoys in this country to unequivocally back the critical conclusions of our President, who is ipso facto commander in chief in military matters. Virulent dissent asserted by politically minded doves in the U.S. Congress will do irreparable harm to the international strength of America, as it struggles for even a morsel of indication from North Viet Nam that an honorable peace is possible. Half a million men on Asian soil are bleeding...
...somewhat easier for Xenakis (whose full name is pronounced Yahn-nis Zen-nahk-ess) than for some of his peers. An accomplished architect, engineer and philosopher as well as a composer, he is enough at home with an IBM 7090 computer to use it in calculating his compositions, which owe a large intellectual debt to the universal language of science: mathematics...
...that indeed defies categorization. They wrote a large collection of songs before Promises--such as "Reach Out for Me," "What the World Needs Now is Love," "The Look of Love," "I Say a Little Prayer,"' "Message to Michael"--most of which were initially sung by Dionne Warwick. These compositions owe something to rock, something to soul and something to Gilbrerto. But it is rock without the acid, soul without the traditional soul beat and orchestrations, Gilberto without the relaxing rhythms...
...owe thanks to Commander Bucher and his compassion for the lives...
...working with fossil teeth and jaws but with habits and customs that naturally left no physical trace. All that they have guessed about man's biological history remains to be proved. But the guesses carry many implications. Perhaps the most significant is that civilization's splendid institutions owe a part of their balance to the wily jungle primate still surviving beneath man's cultural veneer. He is really a part of the design. His contribution, only just beginning to be perceived, can be ignored only at the risk of civilization itself...