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...Soviet Union were an inherent aspect of the conduct of our East-West policy. We believe it is in the interest of international stability and the American people to avoid the tendency that we have experienced on occasions in the past to rush to summitry for summitry's sake and to bring about euphoric expectations ... and then to dash that euphoria against the rocks of ill-prepared summitry. We want to avoid that. We want to prepare steps for summitry very carefully ... and only then to indulge in that kind of diplomacy...
...General Assembly during his American tour in 1979, the other at UNESCO headquarters in Paris last year. "Humanity must make a moral about-face," the Pope said. "From now on it is only through a conscious choice . . . that humanity can survive." He warned against "technological development for its own sake" and "nonstop economic expansion" that leaves the poor behind...
...real relationship between Benchley and O'Hara fails to be understood for the sake of such humorous anecdotes. MacShane flunks in character development, where O'Hara is at his best...
Never one to root for confusion merely for the sake of party success, Tsongas offers his advice freely to a president whom he sees in a hopeless situation. "The great issues for the future are energy, the economy, defense, environment, the third world, and international trade. Inflation is a function of these things. The basic question he should ask himself is. 'Does it work?' not 'Does it adhere to my right wing philosophy?" When you come out with Kemp-Roth, you are not answering that question...
...over The Deer Hunter's racism, its blind patriotism, and its historical inaccuracies (some would say lies) exploded in angry editorials and boycotts of the film. Important questions were raised: Did the artist have a right to distort the terrible social and political realities of recent history for the sake of drama? Did the artist have a social responsibility to give a fair, unbiased picture of reality, examining all the film's issues? Would this social responsibility make a mockery of art? Thus, the Quandary...