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...stand, speak out, express their indignation with full power and passion. The brave, distinguished Harvard scholars, George Wald, Erik Erikson, and Robert Coles are three such bold exceptions in our time. None, I think, will wish to be identified with all of my own views. There is a certain protocol at Harvard which commands a mild degree of kindness and discretion to one's fellow-members of the Common Room. It is, indeed, this very kindness which at length proves most alarming...
...Germany's sense of inferiority to West Germany-the Germany in the eyes of most of the world. People who watch such things closely noted that as gray-haired, gray-suited Otto Winzer, the East German Foreign Minister, was led to his seat by the U.N. Chief of Protocol, there were 15 seconds of applause. A minute later, West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel was given 32 seconds of cheers and clapping. The two diplomats later posed politely together for the cameras...
...instrument of peace is a protocol agreement on reconciliation signed this month by representatives of the Laotian government and the pro-Communist Lao Patriotic Forces, formerly known as the Pathet Lao. The meticulously detailed accord establishes a provisional coalition government in which each side will have five Cabinet ministers, including a Deputy Premier apiece. The present Laotian government will retain five portfolios - finance, defense, interior, health and education. The Communists will be in charge of foreign affairs, information, public works and transportation, economic planning, tourism and religion. (Nearly all Laotians are Buddhist, including most of the Communists.) The top post...
...Laos' near neighbors, Thailand and South Viet Nam, are clearly worried about the impact of a neutralist government in Vientiane. By contrast, Washington is taking a wait-and-see attitude. One provision of the protocol calls for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Laos - meaning about 200 American "experts," 8,000 U.S.-paid Thai mercenaries and North Vietnamese troops now estimated to number 60,000. American military advisers see no reason why the North Vietnamese should not comply. As one U.S. military expert puts it, "they can be back in Laos in 48 hours." Moreover, the North Vietnamese...
...responsibilities will affect his social life. They have not yet dulled his sense of humor. Last week, when reporters asked him whether he preferred to be addressed as Mr. Secretary or Dr. Secretary, he hesitated only a moment before answering. "I don't stand on protocol," he said with a grin. "If you will just call me Excellency, it will...