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...emphasized that "the Japanese protect their home market. They are reluctant to allow us to establish ourselves as manufacturers in Japan, although they are free to establish 100% ownership of factories in the U.S. and in important European countries." Many speakers, including Lindskog, thought that Japan was starting to soften its attitudes because of fears of retaliation...
True, one may suspect that it is unjust for Calley to be the only man imprisoned for the My Lai affair. True, one may wish that clemency eventually be shown to the draft evaders. One may wish, in addition, that both the righteous right and the righteous left soften their positions. Yet the Coffin proposal smacks as much of an ill-considered trade-off as it does of Christian forgiveness. The two situations are really unrelated, both legally and morally. Each therefore deserves to be judged on its own merits, not as part of a jubilee...
...Green Man. She is the unseen Julia of the title. Lacey refuses, but that scarcely settles the questions Playwright Ableman tantalizingly raises. Is Perew merely a heel trying to avoid emotional remorse? Is he, perhaps, more in love with Julia than he lets on, enough to want to soften the blow of his departure? Is it possible that he wants to bring a little fleshly warmth into Lacey's loveless and lonely life? Finally, as we see the ashen, tearless desolation on Lacey's face after Perew leaves, must we not wonder if they are two latent homosexuals...
...Hunt's; it was he who got Hunt onto the White House staff in 1971 as a $100-a-day consultant. Hunt also told the four that their old enemy Fidel Castro was sending money indirectly to the Democratic Party in the hope that a McGovern victory would soften the U.S. attitude toward Cuba...
...P.O.W. issue proved to be the final blow. Nixon broke off the peace talks, warned the North Vietnamese that the bombing would resume if they did not soften their bargaining stance and, when the North Vietnamese did not respond, launched his blitz. After a week of continuous pounding, the President halted the raids for 36 hours over Christmas, providing a pause in which Hanoi could again respond. It did not, so the raids recommenced, this time with effect. Hanoi's response was timely for the Administration, since it did not seem feasible that the raids could have continued very...