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...recession has also caused a reassessment of much of the liberal dogma that dominated national thinking in the '60s. There is a growing suspicion that even with the postwar "peace dividend," the U.S. may not be able to eliminate poverty, cleanse its environment and rebuild its cities as quickly as most Americans would like. By dampening Americans' personal expectations, the recession has served as well to moderate their demands on the nation. The public is willing to admit that national priorities must be set and that some desirable goals will require time to attain. The downturn...
...native clergy and technical help that persuades most Third World leaders to accept missionaries from Europe and North America, though some leaders attach special provisos to their invitations. Under the bootstrap socialism of Tanzania, President Julius Nyerere, a Roman Catholic, has required the missionaries to pitch in to rebuild the society. On a quiet visit to the U.S. recently, Nyerere slipped up to Maryknoll headquarters near New York City to lecture nuns on the role of missions in developing countries. One of Nyerere's suggestions, already adopted by missionaries in some areas, is that educational and medical services should...
...Thung tribesmen were moved into a region west of the town of Sepone, a key transshipments point on the Ho Chi Minh trail. South Vietnamese engineers are reportedly attempting to rebuild an airstrip in Sepone for use as a base of operations for deeper penetrations along the Ho Chi Minh trail...
...America, his college diploma summa cum laude in hand and his war decorations in a trunk. Mayer said, "I never had that Scott Fitzgerald youth that one can imagine enjoying to the hilt . . . After spending five years as an artillery officer engaging in wholescale destruction, I wanted to help rebuild the world through science." He came to America, this time Yale, partly he says, "because it would have been too easy to succeed in France without knowing anything...
...Chinese and European-backed firm is based in Singapore, a shipping center for the Far East. It both acts as an agent for others, and purchases and then resells its own goods. He may sublease a contract to a local firm in Singapore to pack canned food, purchase and rebuild his own generators or act solely as an agent for an air-conditioner company. The goods may be shipped via his firm's ships, or a contracted company...