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Most of the newly independent nations (and many of the old ones) have scarcely caught up with the 20th century, but diplomatic politeness makes it non-U to refer to these countries as "backward" or even "underdeveloped." To close the word gap U.N. delegates have developed a dictionary of discretion. Some euphemisms: Less privileged, less developed, developing, emerging, have-not, catchup, lowincome, needy, "poorest third" (used by Secretary-General U Thant), dependent, recipient and restless. Paul Hoffman, head of the U.N. Special Fund, is popularizing "modernizing nations," which seems to be catching on as the new vogue phrase. A still...
Probably few of the 1,000,000 serious square-dance buffs you refer to have ever danced to such tunes as Skip to My Lou, Turkey in the Straw, Buffalo Gals or Nellie Gray. Singing square-dance calls are now based on current pop tunes, and even include the twist...
...Many businessmen now charge that President Kennedy is antibusiness. He is not against business; the problem is one of understanding. In both his public and private talk, and even when he is trying to be most conciliatory, he tends to refer to business as "them''-as though "they"' were some strange entity. When he crushed Big Steel, he surely did not anticipate that he was triggering a crisis of confidence in the business community. He did not seem to realize that intervening bluntly in the U.S. economic system is something like slapping a lady...
...politics: On Federalism: "The critical political decisions in government are, and must be, primarily shaped and made by elected officials. It is with this particular perspective on our democratic processes that I underline my deep personal conviction that the future of freedom lies in the federal idea. I refer to the federal idea broadly as a concept of government by which a sovereign people-for their greater progress and protection-yield a portion of their sovereignty to a political system that has more than one center of sovereign power, energy and creativity...
...gentlemen, I invite your undivided attention to the most amazing attraction ever presented for the edification of the citizens of your fair city (come closer, please, so that I may describe this educational exhibit to you in the confidential tones most appropriate for information of this nature). I refer, ladies and gentlemen, to the biological, yes, the anatomical wonder of the age: Jo Jo, the Dog-Faced Boy from deep in the heart of the jungles of Madagascar . . . He crawls on his belly like a reptile...