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...reproach our white brothers who so indulge themselves now, in vicarious violence, I do not believe we are justified, least of all in memory of Martin Luther King, in reproaching the black man for his tactics and advising him on his strategy...
Among those polled 94 per cent--478 students--disapproved of U.S. policy in Vietnam while only 6 per cent--31 students endorsed LBJ's policy. The classic reproach to this kind of statistic is that many of the students who disapprove of U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam might do so on the grounds that the military effort should be increased. Not so. The poll reveals that only 1 per cent--six students--felt that "the military effort should be increased." The other 99 per cent are split as follows: 19 per cent--89 students--feel that "the military effort should...
...terror as a reviewer--and treated mediocre work from his friends as a personal reproach. But merciless as his criticism was, the poets treasured it. "I wrote to the mind of Randall Jarrell," Adrienne Rich writes and many of the contributors like her recognize Jarrell's capacity for understanding just what they were trying to do in their poetry, telling them when and how they failed, and encouraging them to keep going. "Twice or thrice, I think he must have thrown me a lifeline," Lowell says...
Though such a reproach might barely have been noticed when Johnson was high in the polls, today, at the nadir of his popularity, it might be looked upon abroad as a vote of no confidence in all of his foreign policies. The President's current position, some members felt, is simply too weak to stand such a battering. Thus the resolution paradoxically became an even greater measure of Johnson's decline when it was blocked last week. Some such motion may very well pass the Senate this year, but it will probably be so mildly worded that even...
...energies in too many ephemeral enterprises. "I'm not sure what I would have done with my energies if I hadn't dissipated them," says Buckley. "Would the world have been better off if I had written more books instead of columns?" Besides, he adds, "I reproach myself more than they do when I think of all the sailing I might have done." The sum total of his activities has nevertheless left its mark. He has certainly given conservatism a sheen of articulateness and thoughtfulness it has not always had. "The average American," says Ohio Congressman John...