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...builders is to grow cautious with size and success. But Ernest Tener Weir, who built his National Steel Corp. into a $675 million empire, never seemed to have a cautious moment. In defense of the free-enterprising society that gave him his chance, he loudly fought all attempts to restrict its liberties. He staunchly resisted the U.S. Government, unions, even his fellow steelmasters. Praised and berated by liberals and conservatives alike, Ernest Weir was a non-organization man, a symbol of rugged individualism...
...concern over the future of the Congress Party, few Indians seemed willing to lay any of the blame where some of it belonged-at the door of Jawaharlal Nehru himself. While Nehru's vast popularity is what most holds the party together, he also tends to strangle and restrict it. By running both the party and the government like a Mogul court, Nehru has failed notably to foster any young talent. As a result, young Indians resent the party, charge that it offers little opportunity to intelligent newcomers. Of 13 chief ministers recently appointed in Congress-run states, five...
...anything bothers the liquor industry more than teetotalers, it is the legal taboos that restrict its advertising copy. While many an industry from cereals to soap touts its product as a boon to health or happiness, distillers are barred by Internal Revenue's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division from using "any advertisement which creates the impression that distilled spirits will contribute to the mental or physical well-being of the consumer, or may be consumed, even in moderate quantities, without any detrimental effect." Last week there were signs that the industry is getting around the law with ads discreetly...
...behavior pattern not any different from what a "general moral concensus of the U.S." would imply. Undeniably the Church's position today is ambiguous. Both she and the society are changing. But they are not bipolar forces which are basically incompatible. A definition of Catholicism does not exclude nor restrict membership in a democratic society. (In fact, in the view of Jacques Maritain, Catholicism implies democracy.) Neither American Catholicism nor American Democracy is perfect. As in any social process, conflicts will arise. They will not be settled without the conscientious effort of both members to arrive at a solution...
Using the example of the decision by the United States not to restrict the use of atomic and nuclear weapons to reprisal, he explained how the government reaffirmed this decision at the end of World War II and subsequently, perhaps without reference to the ultimate questions involved...