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Beatnik Boy Scouts. Though Russell at 90 commands the special brand of affectionate awe that the English reserve for all eccentric aristocrats and antic nonagenarians, his neutral-to-Nikita stand revealed to many what Economist Maynard Keynes once called "Bertie's ludicrously incompatible views" of man's fate. Unilateralism, which has often been defended in Britain as a kind of beatnik Boy Scout movement that helps channel youthful idealism, has also been badly tarnished in recent weeks...
...becomes more American and less Japanese-most congregations are turning from Japanese to English in their services, call themselves churches rather than temples to avoid identification with the occult. Services are held on Sunday, although all days are holy to Buddhists. The Buddhist Church of Seattle sponsors a Boy Scout troop, a day nursery, a Sunday school and a drum and bugle corps...
...strength of their recorded memory of experiences with related problems in the past. The Purdue crew anticipates that the coupled computer systems will be working together well enough to tackle practical problems by late 1964. One possible assignment for them: traveling aboard a spacecraft to scout out the unknown and possibly hostile surfaces of other planets...
...such recent effort is a hortatory "hu manitarian prayer," composed by Meth odist Scout Leader Clifford John Mer cer, 23, that has been used in a summer camp run by the Detroit Council of Churches. Sample lines: "God . . . God . . . Hey God! Can you hear me? 0 God, sometimes talking to you is like talking to a brick wall . . . Hey, Fa ther, look at the world - will you look at it, Father?" Churches are constantly experimenting with new ways to bring prayer to the peo ple. On their own initiative, dedicated Christian laymen are experimenting with new forms of corporate worship...
...most powerful of the Arab nations. Nasser commands most of the Arab nations' military strength and contributes the lion's share (34%) of financial support for the Arab League, which works from a nine-story building in Cairo on projects ranging from boycotting Israel to Boy Scout jamborees. Said one delegate: "The Arab League cannot exist without the largest Arab nation...