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...Kong to China as a reward to the Chinese for their part in the struggle against Japan. Thus he wanted Stalin's support for the continuation of the British Empire. In return, as Churchill has written in his memoirs, he agreed to recognize the Soviet Union's sphere of dominant influence in Eastern Europe. What Churchill did not disclose in his memoirs was the earthy dialogue between him and Stalin while they decided the fate of tens of millions of people...
...hard to tell just how profoundly he has invaded this sphere, for several bellweathers have been struck, and it is debatable which one strikes the innermost chord of the people. It is like Mailer went on a binge at a country fair on several tests of strength, and his sledgehammer rang a merry tune. Listen to the prizes! Who can say which is the Blue Ribbon of the Vastest Common Denominator? His speculation upon the possibilities of FBI or Kennedy interests involved in her death made a hearty feast for The National Enquirer; his countersuit with one of his sources...
Each time the neutrality agreements have been subverted, the Pathet Lao have added to their support and expanded their sphere of control. The outlines of the latest reported peace settlement appear to assign them about 80 per cent of the country...
Harvard's first goal remains financial security, to insure its own life span and sphere of influence. The student is ephemeral. The tenured staff needs a home to return to after vacations in D.C., Mexico, or wherever Nobels are awarded...
...clear whether the issues of medical ethics can be resolved in themselves. It would appear that society must not only examine ethical behavior in the medical sphere, although no doubt it ought to study each of the issues in depth. Rather than isolating it as a substratum of the larger ethical system, medical ethics should be viewed as an integral part of the comprehensive system of morality in the society at large...