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...path a true Marxist could follow. As for Soviet charges of warmongering, the Red Chinese replied with an argument that, ironically, echoed some Pentagon strategists. Brush-fire wars, declared Peking, need not necessarily escalate into an all-out nuclear struggle. Truth was, declared the manifesto, the Russians were too selfish and scared to risk their bourgeois gains in far-off battles. "To put it bluntly," said Red China, "whoever considers that a revolution can be made only if everything is plain sailing, only if there is an advance guarantee against failure, is certainly not a revolutionary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communists: Now for the Main Event | 6/28/1963 | See Source »

...Negro, I object to James Baldwin's being used as a symbol of Negro hopes and aspirations. Human problems develop because of a general refusal to accept individual responsibility. Every person must fight his own private battle; search his own soul; practice the selfish principles embodied in the Golden Rule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 7, 1963 | 6/7/1963 | See Source »

...Selfish Speculations...

Author: By William James, | Title: The Imprint of James Upon Psychology | 5/10/1963 | See Source »

Unfortunately for the Big Red, Harvard pitchers are notoriously stingy with base hits. Some opposing batters have even called Crimson hurlers downright selfish. Some haven't Coach Norm Shepard will probably go with Paul Del Rossi or Dick baldi and either should be able keep the Cornell line-up under control without too much strain...

Author: By Richard Cotton, | Title: The Weekend Sports Scene . . . | 5/10/1963 | See Source »

...President should seek direct public support for his program through a national televised speech and through a series of White House meetings with representatives of business, labor, and professional groups. Such an appeal is the only way to cut through the tangle of selfish opposition and political inertia that each year obstructs the passage of an education bill. If an effective lobby for aid to education does not exist, the President's job must be to create...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crisis in Education | 4/17/1963 | See Source »

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