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...there was coercion, but no violence; violation of a rule, and a kind of obstruction, but no real occupation or damage. I do not think that most of the students involved want to destroy this University: they sincerely belive they're just trying to improve it. But when beliefs spill into unwarranted disruption, a professor's duty is to refuse to condone it, to explain that disruption is the opposite of that reform which is so vehemently demanded, and to expose fanaticism wherever it comes from. That students of today's Western societies should act out "La Chinoise" is understandable...
...what perils awaited his boss, Hubert Humphrey, in Connecticut. Murphy had a week to "run the traps," as every advance man should, and his brain was abuzz with the axioms of his craft: "Make them come to you; get typists and a legman quick; be anonymous; don't spill news-dribble it out; stress unity; keep calm; avoid nonunion bands; don't make cameras shoot into the sun; be ready to pick up strays; beware of national committeewomen...
...NATO planners, the new situation is fraught with uncertainties. They fear that a Soviet attack on Rumania might spark widespread uprisings in the East bloc that could spill over into a NATO area. The West Germans are most concerned of all. Though most people find it unthinkable that the Soviets would risk the start of World War III by attacking a NATO member, the West Germans nonetheless worry that the Soviet leaders might try to intimidate them with a further show of force that could, perhaps by accident, turn into an invasion. Reports of Soviet tactical nuclear missiles in Czechoslovakia...
...concern for the starving children is to go beyond mere liberal reflexes, we must have the courage to denounce the the political brigandage of the secessionist elite. If our liberalism is to have a sure ethical footing in the Nigerian crisis, we must not allow our enthusiasm to spill over into a justification of secession...
...considerations also pressed the Ed School toward urban involvement. "There was a growing sense," says Thomas, "that we simply cannot evade our local responsibility." Increasing numbers of faculty and students also found the city's turmoil fascinating. The ghetto brought the deficiencies to light, forcing the school systems to spill the long-guarded achievement tests. But as the list of problems lengthened, Cambridge academics found, in Thomas's words, "a growing resonance with city problems--a fascination with the ungainly monster...