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...least of all the 8,000 troops who sailed to the sound of brass bands and cheering, anticipated the bloody battles that lay ahead. But all attempts at a diplomatic settlement failed, and war it was. It was an impressive late 20th century display of fighting for a principle???that a nation must defend its sovereign territory...
...noncompliance by Nixon now remains at least a small possibility. St. Clair told reporters after the Supreme Court arguments that he did not know whether the President would yield. It would seem more politically expedient, and more in keeping with previous tactics, for Nixon to cooperate in principle???and then delay actual delivery of the tapes as long as possible. St. Clair seemed to suggest that possibility when he said that it might take two months for the 64 tapes to be submitted for screening by Federal Judge John J. Sirica if Sirica's original order to produce the tapes...
Although the income tax is fair enough in principle???rates rise with ability to pay?the way in which it actually operates is not. Because of elaborate deductions and exemptions, hardly anyone pays the rate that theoretically applies to his salary bracket. The deductions and exemptions excessively favor married couples over single people, homeowners over renters, large families over small, receivers of dividends and stock market profits over people who live by wages alone. Congress narrowed some of the loopholes in 1969, with the result that the number of people who paid no tax whatever on incomes...
Some critics suggest that Masters and Johnson see no relation between sex and morality. In fact, they do take an implicit stand on sexual morality. They believe in the principle???hardly new but easily forgotten?of "giving in order to get." They also believe that sex is a mutual experience into which both partners must enter without reservation or shame, and that the ultimate goal of sex is communication?the only true basis for marriage. Their entire course of therapy is aimed at expelling from the bedroom two invisible people who do not belong there. Masters and Johnson call them...
...success. At a morning session with De Gaulle, President Kennedy heard the French leader explain that it was up to Britain whether or not it joins the Common Market (although European observers suspect that De Gaulle is deep-down opposed to British membership). In his turn, Kennedy explained the principle???financial help for countries that will instigate social reforms?of his ambitious Alianza para el Progreso in Latin America (TIME, Feb. 24). De Gaulle suggested that a Common Market observer would attend the Alianza's first conference in Punta del Este, Uruguay, next month. When Kennedy stressed the need...