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...what comes next? "Out of the Dominican crucible the 20 American nations must now forge a stronger shield against disaster," he said. But to do so, they must keep in mind some "new realities...
...unprecedented condemnation of U.S. policy in Viet Nam emanating from the nation's colleges is to me shocking and disgusting. Supporters of this wave of disagreement point to the First Amendment of the Constitution as a shield against criticism, and to their sincere belief in the errors of military involvement as a justification for mass protest. No one is about to deny these students their rights. They can wallow in their own naivete as long as they want. But mere disagreement and nonconformism cannot by any means explain the uncontrolled vehemence with which these boorish malcontents voice their objections...
...does so at the cost of increasing the likelihood of conventional or guerrilla wars in which (since massive retaliation is not as imminent) firmness of intent may be tested. Thus Aron speaks of both Russia and the U.S. wielding conventional "swords" behind a nuclear "shield," as the U.S. did when it used the Navy to stop Russian ships during the Cuban missile crisis. The act was possible because of local American superiority in conventional weapons. Backing it up rather than supplanting it were the nuclear missiles...
...cases last week, the Supreme Court again raised the Bill of Rights as a shield against state power...
...fact, the best of Mime I is anything but funny. Weisman's adaptation of Marceau's skit "The Cage" is a lovingly prepared allegory on the prisoner of modern society, trapped by the invisible shield of Gardol. Weisman's flappy figure strolls out in a relaxed gait and walks right into a contracting glass cage. He escapes, by breaking the wall, but ignorantly stumbles back into the trap, and to destruction...