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...House voted to cut appropriations for Powell's Education and Labor Committee by 40%, the word from Powell's side was that Negro-hating Southern Congressmen arranged the reduction. Last week, after Powell attacked the N.A.A.C.P. on the strange ground that it is controlled by whites, the sober New York Times rumbled that he was "busily making himself one of the greatest enemies of the American Negro in public life." Powell had his answer ready. The Times, he said, is "very biased...
...fair it should be said that Clarke is not always serious about his predictions. Much of his discussion has strong overtones of science fiction, a form of writing familiar to him. (He has to date published 17 volumes of science fiction.) But his outlook is thoughtfully sober on many topics, and, as he is quick to point out, he has already had some success in the prophecy business: as early as 1945, he predicted the launching of a worldwide network of communications satellites...
...irrevocably lost, and the movie becomes a dreary plug for the Alcoholics Anonymous, with numbered lessons, scraps of psychology, and frequent slogans. "At first it will be hell, but you can do it." "Your wife will want you to drink along with her; she'll resent your staying sober." "Listen--for twelve years I was drunk, and for fourteen years I've been sober. It's two different worlds...
...presidency is becoming a target at which all manner of men are taking potshots, helter-skelter. I see inherent in all this a cancerous growth that could spread and stifle the true spirit of Americanism-which embodies constructive criticism, yes, but which also is based on sober consideration, mutual understanding and due respect for another person's judgment...
Author Nixon has done a superb job, gives life to her whole cast of characters, and appraises their actions with a strong sense of history. Even in her sober telling, the Calas case sounds like a cri de coeur. Popular history has too often dismissed Voltaire as an acerbic and with drawn pessimist. But in l'affaire Calas, he was supremely heroic in a dark and dangerous time, and Mrs. Nixon sees to it that his memory is well served...