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James Q. Wilson, associate professor of Government, adds other reasons for criticising the Report. Stressing white guilt may lead many to shrug off the Report as did presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon. By failing to make it clear that the government does not condone violence, Wilson believes the Report will encourage whites to take the law in their own hands in order to protect themselves. In proof, he points to the many white suburbanites now stockpiling weapons and learning to shoot...
...past allegiances, or because they believe Kennedy will be a more powerful force in this state for a longer time than Johnson. Locals who switch claim they are against the war, and indeed they may be. But when asked if they had previously thought of switching to McCarthy, they shrug and confess it was out of the question...
...Prime Minister tried to shrug off the omission, explaining that he had been unable to get in touch with Brown. Unmollified, Brown refused to take his place on the government front bench in Commons during the 3:30 a.m. announcement of the Labor government's economic moves. Later, in the members' lounge, Brown complained to Tories and Laborites alike: "I'm never consulted about anything." Then he gathered about 50 Labor M.P.s in the Commons' tearoom. "I'm one of you now," he said. "We are going to plunge this party back to the grass...
...caused little stir in Sai gon, where for two years the general has waged a ruthless, successful campaign against street terrorists. His fellow student in pilot-school days and longtime sponsor in government, Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, dismissed the incident with little more than a shrug. But the execution aroused sharp world opinion, and raised a question that has concerned the U.S. since it took on the Viet Cong: How should prisoners in a guerrilla war be treated...
There are other limitations. A strong nation can shrug off the disapproval of its friends-but not for long, as Britain learned to its dismay when world opinion forced it to retreat from Suez in 1956. It does not follow, however, that when friends agree with a course of action, their aid can be counted on. It is a paradox, says General Alfred M. Gruenther, that "our power tends to hurt the alliance system." The U.S., he points out, "seems so mighty that our smaller allies stand aside...