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...confrontations. One suspects that the tension in the Middle East will never above altogether, that the absurdities such as the one going on in the South Atlantic will crop up as long as national sovereignty exists. But we have a responsibility, perhaps above all others, to shrink the nuclear peril. Arms reduction will help that cause. We must...
Predictably, Brezhnev complained that the U.S. proposal was "absolutely one-sided." Yet, amid his anti-American rhetoric, there was a cautious but clear sign that the two superpowers might resume discussions of ways to lessen the global peril wrought by their growing strategic arsenals. For Brezhnev also said of the U.S. offer, "In our opinion, this is a step in the right direction...
Nellie Haddock seemed to pick up the theme in her 1883 oration, "The Perils of Luxury." A niece of Nellie's was at the 100th commencement last week. Ruth Haddock, 90, drove her 1963 Dodge from her home on the south side of town near the depot up to the new school auditorium on the north side of Greenfield. She took in all the proceedings, declared them worthy of her Aunt Nellie, pointed out that there was still peril in luxury and drove back home again beneath scowling thunderheads that were bridged by a double rainbow...
...influence the outside world. It does mean that they should exert an influence by fostering the reasoned expression of ideas and arguments put forward by their individual members and not by taking institutional steps to inflict sanctions on others. Universities that violate this social compact do so at their peril. They cannot expect to remain free from interference if they insist on using their economic leverage in an effort to impose their own standards on the behavior of other organizations...
...write simply to say that he does not speak for me Mr. Pattullo apparently thinks of exclusive homosexuality as a lifestyle which some are in danger of choosing if it is made to appear the fashion Against this Peril he says. "But we see exclusive homosexuality as a disability and believe that society should be structured to encourage heterosexual development." Several sentences below encouragement of heterosexual development gives way to" ...it is reasonable for the majority to want to shape society to discourage it." I do not think society fails to make clear its position on heterosexuality...