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From Felt's military standpoint, Formosa-where the threat is from land, sea and air-approaches the ideal in rock-like anti-Communist strength. The crack, U.S.-trained Nationalist air force is, for its particular mission, as good as any in the world. The U.S. could move air support swiftly into Formosa's big, excellent airfields. Chiang Kai-shek's 450,000-man army has been pared down and streamlined. And the 32,000-man navy is constantly drilling and redrilling in methods of supplying Quemoy and Matsu...
...publish Doctor Zhivago. "There were two reasons why I didn't like the book. First, it seemed to me that Pasternak considered the February revolution a good thing and that he thought the October revolution was evil. I think the October revolution was a good thing. So, from the standpoint of ideas, I disagreed. Then, the fact was, that to me, this was a very boring book. Pasternak is quite a talented poet and he has made some magnificent translations of Shakespeare into Russian; but, as a prose writer, he is very poor...
...Many manufacturers are convinced that "planned obsolescence" has gone too far; that the annual addition of frills and fripperies takes money that could be better used to improve quality. "Certainly in cars," says International Harvester Vice President Mark Keeler. "the cost of restyling is a waste. From a performance standpoint, it contributes nothing." To combat rising labor and material costs, some manufacturers have tried to save by taking a chance on materials that often turn out to be inferior. On the other hand, the very productivity and ingenuity of U.S. industry has created quality problems: ten years ago, when...
...results last week, most of them agreed on one thing: Dick Nixon came out of the Republican Convention last July clearly in the lead (the Democrats were reeling and disheartened from their own convention, and then proceeded to look worse in the special session of Congress). From the Republican standpoint, the tragedy was that the success of Nixon's last-minute surge all but proved that he could have saved the day with better timing...
...seemed to move their associates. They sang with almost mathematical precision not only in the folk songs, but in their entire repertoire. Mr. Heath was in full control all the time, evoking a wide range of dynamics and a very effective separation and balance of voices. From a technical standpoint, Yale topped Harvard, but in overall appeal the Harvardmen...