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After each of these assertions, the statement adds a qualifying paragraph explaining why the idea is wrong, even though it might sound beguiling and contain an element of truth. The statement nowhere mentions the people who have promulgated the false theses, but the discussions at Hartford included references to Harvey Cox (The Secular City), Situation Ethicist Joseph Fletcher and Britain's Bishop John Robinson (Honest to God). As for the pervasiveness of the thinking exemplified in the theses, Jesuit Dulles thinks that the ideas are widespread in the Roman Catholic Church, particularly among popularizers of the late Teilhard...
...reasons most frequently given for inviting congressmen to the Institute of Politics are educational--to let students get a look at their elected representatives, and to let the elected representatives learn about the accumulated wisdom of American scholarship. In Daly's memo, though, congressional seminars are listed in the paragraph on how to "increase our participation in development of appropriate policies and legislation"--lobbying. Schmidt's memo cuts even deeper, straight to the weaknesses inherent in an electoral government. "I have always found," he remarks...
...more willingness to participate and you deserve from us more guidance and help. Your agreeing to appear on [Lawrence] Spivak's program ["Meet the Press"] is one step; our capacity to brief you and--hopefully--the panel will be important. Here, and in the meetings discussed in the next paragraph, the planning must be more than tactical; preparations should include development of a theme or themes that might, for instance, settle on appropriate and inappropriate governmental roles in teaching and research, or a discussion of [President] Ford's views on higher education and research (when/if these become clearer), or financing...
...Ultra Secret is a tremendous story, inadequately told, like a long-ago anecdote shared over cigars in an officer's mess. Typically, the Coventry section is confined to one paragraph. But the subject cries out for more ample treatment. Winterbotham speaks from personal knowledge; this is his book's strength, but also its limitation. He cites tributes to Ultra, including one from Eisenhower who said its intelligence contribution had "shortened the war." Rather qualified praise, apparently. What is needed now is the view from someone closer to the crucial command decisions, to confirm, or to question. Ultra...
...entering students learn grammar, punctuation and organization. At the University of Houston, 60% of the freshmen fail the first three essays they write. Says Jesse Hartley, Houston's director of freshman English: "Students can't carry through an idea in writing; they have no idea what a paragraph is; they are unable to string details together in a logical sequence. They're just sort of vapid...