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A lot of good things can be done in the Cambridge Model Cities neighborhood and some of them are already beginning. The fundamental question becomes, "How far can we go?" This is the issue the Model Cities people should be talking about, and this is the crucially important decision for...
Boren's Three Laws sum up NATAPROBU's philosophy: 1) When in charge, ponder; 2) When in trouble, delegate; and 3) When in doubt, mumble. The organization dedicates itself to "optimize the status quo by fostering adjustive adherence to procedural abstractions and rhetorical clearances." It also promotes "feasibility...
Campaign wounds, of course, heal quickly, and a certain amount of rhetorical violence is accepted and forgiven in U.S. politics. By lowering his voice -as he surely will-and turning to the daily task of building a record on which he can run in 1972, the President can control many...
The student ghetto has become a familiar part of the university city, an often dilapidated, cloistered seedbed for experiments in living. At the University of Wisconsin in Madison, the ghetto is Miffland-a six-block area of shabby frame homes standing precariously in the orbit of the University, the state...
In foreign policy, Galbraith makes fun of the techniques used by the State Department to oversell the Communist conspiracy in Asia and Europe. He is perfectly justified in his skepticism but probably underestimates the almost constitutional permanence of such diplomatic policy. Rhetorical overkill lies at the heart of the American...