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Unbelieving Boxer. In Why England Slept, it is Kennedy's argument that a democracy challenged by an aggressive dictatorship must prepare for war as if it really means to fight. In a still pertinent analogy Kennedy wrote: "A boxer cannot work himself into proper psychological and physical condition for a fight that he seriously believes will never come off." Kennedy unemotionally traced the misconceptions and the soporifics that lulled England during the prewar years. There was too much reliance upon the moribund League of Nations and the attenuated Disarmament Conference; too little attention was paid to the avowed long...
Moral Confusion. The most striking example of what Shen was talking about came from Mali's Borema Bocoum, who invoked "objectivity and realism" to demand that Red China be "restored to its proper place in the U.N.," then protested that any proposal for free elections in East Germany is "spurious" and "designed to breed confusion in people's minds." In a classic example of nonaligned non sequitur, Bocoum proclaimed: "The idea of self-determination is valid only for peoples who are fighting for their independence and sovereignty...
...seek to revive the demonstrations of last spring," said Alan Mack '62, designer and distributor of the cards. "But in view of the fact that Lowell House was a well-spring of pro-Latin sentiment during the riots and contributed many martyrs to the cause, we thought it only proper that this year's dues cards be printed in Latin...
Nothing Hostile. In his performance at the U.N. General Assembly, Frondizi was no less adroit, carefully tuning his remarks to his audience. He quickly identified himself with the world's underdeveloped nations ("No backward country is fully independent"); he showed proper concern about Castro's Cuba by calling for "representative democracy in the entire American continent," then softened the sting by again insisting on absolute nonintervention.* As for the cold war, said Frondizi, "when we proclaim the fact that we are members of the Western and Christian world, we are not doing so in order to create antagonistic...
Beyond the Hill. In a real sense, the U.S. road is a proper monument for the U.S.. a nation of restless people whose hallmark in history has always been their willingness to leave behind the familiar and comfortable to discover what is beyond the next hill, sure that the unknown represents opportunity, not danger, and supremely confident that the best is yet ahead...