Word: sir
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sir: Hurray to those brave Arab Commandos [Dec. 13] for their daring attacks on unarmed civilians, women and children. The fedayeen can sit by their campfire basking in the glory of blowing up school buses. Meanwhile, the U.N. adds fuel to the fire by censuring Israel for trying to preserve its very existence. What country in the world will come to the defense of Israel? Or is their fantastic progress in democracy and self-achievement too much for a mediocre world to tolerate...
...Sir: The article implies that Arab governments cannot oppose the will of their peoples. This smacks of sophistry since the will in question is largely a product of the 100% government-controlled news media. Were these media to preach peace rather than hate, it is highly probable that public opinion would change...
...Sir: In 1947, instead of self-determination and a plebiscite, a minority group of a country was given carte blanche, and it now runs a political state based on religious theology-a "democracy" only to Jews, not to Moslems or Christians...
...Sir: Your article "Welfare and Illfare" [Dec. 13] is repugnant to me. No citizen has a right to any wealth except what he produces. There is no "national abundance" for anyone to claim. There is only the wealth of individuals produced by individuals. The Constitution guarantees political, not economic rights. I have the right to pursue happiness, not to happiness itself
...vastness of space." Sated with violence, sick of crisis, weary of politics and protest alike, the U.S.-and the rest of the world-needed few excuses to look to the heavens. As the year waned, they shifted their gaze to earth's placid, lifeless satellite-as Sir Richard Burton described it in 1880, "A ruined world, a globe burnt out, a corpse upon the road of night...