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...Columbia in 1948, he said: "All our cherished rights-the right of free speech, free worship, ownership of property, equality before the law-all these are mutually dependent for their existence. Thus, when shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise, they ignore the fact that it is an economic support of every human right we possess and that, without it, all rights would soon disappear...
...varsity football practice field is the ideal place for a temporary rink, and it has lights which makes it suitable for skating in the evening when the ice stays frozen. If the HAA digs a shallow trench around the rink to produce a barricade and then floods the area at night, a hard, thick layer of ice is sure to form...
...book has many defects: it is disappointingly shallow, it draws faulty analogies between England of 1798 and Germany of 1935 with the United States today, and falls to find a pattern in the disconnected incidents of violations of individual liberties...
Interest & Law. Kennan chides the "shallow self-righteousness" of the U.S. attitude toward foreign nations, the over-emotionalism of the U.S. public. Again & again, he holds to admiration of 19th Century European diplomacy with its delicate balances and limited objectives based upon national self-interest. He contrasts this diplomacy favorably with what he calls the "legalistic-moralistic" American approach. Diplomat Kennan, however, does not seem to recognize the full implications of the difference between the 19th and 20th Century worlds. The delicate 19th Century diplomacy of national self-interest functioned in a world where a basic international order prevailed...
...show. This connection with the moneyed interests of the program made him the head man. Bernstein pointed out a colleague, named Harvey Cushing, who explained our part to us. "Nothing to it," he said, "all we want you to do this half hour is to keep the conversation shallow and entertaining. That's all you really need to remember. After all you're going over to a mass audience. That...