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...other Americans who had met their first defeat in Viet Nam. Summing up the Southern ability to outlast adversity, William Faulkner declared in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech: "I decline to accept the end of man... I believe that man will not merely endure, he will prevail." Most Americans, whether they knew those words or not, were suddenly more ready to receive their meaning...
...instead of chagrin, a sense of relief seems to prevail among many Southerners on Capitol Hill. Says South Carolina's Democratic Senator Ernest ("Fritz") Rollings: "When I first came up here, they had all of us Southerners meeting around [Georgia's Senator] Dick Russell. Later on we met for a while around [Louisiana's] Allen Ellender and decided what to do about a busing amendment. Those days are gone. We don't see our interest now as being any different from any other section of the country." Adds Florida's Senator Chiles: "A lot of new Southern political talent...
...academic freedom. Davis himself believes academic freedom is now the prime issue at stake. "The message seems to be," he says, "if you violate the taboo on public discussion of this subject you need not only risk misunderstanding but you risk excommunication. If such a policy is allowed to prevail in our universities what will be its effect on the future of free inquiry and of dedication to excellence...
...academic freedom. Davis himself believes academic freedom is now the prime issue at stake. "The message seems to be," he says, "if you violate the taboo on public discussion of this subject you need not only risk misunderstanding but you risk excommunication. If such a policy is allowed to prevail in our universities what will be its effect on the future of free inquiry and of dedication to excellence...
Chirac was among them. The Premier first made up his mind to quit in July and sent Giscard a letter of resignation. The President tried to prevail on him to wait until after the traditional month-long August vacation. Chirac did not wait quite that long...