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...officer between 1922 and 1930, turned from writing war stories for pulp magazines to serious military commentary in 1928, subsequently publishing 15 books on military and international affairs. During World War II he wrote a widely syndicated New York Herald Tribune column and appeared regularly on CBS radio. A staunch advocate of seapower, he argued that the U.S. could build impregnable defenses without compromising democratic tradition...
BACK HOME the ADA was never like this. You expect staunch liberals, oldish, straight-backed, and supremely moralistic. And so you are surprised when you step into the gilded ballroom of the Sheraton Plaza Hotel and find 800 Americans for Democratic Action-young and fashionably dressed-minis, midis, maxis, and even a pair of hot pants. Paying $1250 a plate for dinner, they are at least reasonably well off, and their clothes suggest that they are even better off than that. The guest list is heavily studded with Jewish names, but it also includes a few McKay...
...convictions put President Thieu, a Catholic, in almost direct confrontation with what is considered his most stable power base, the Catholics. Already significant segments of the Catholic church have come to the defense of the two priests, including those considered staunch anti-Communists...
WILLIAM BROCK III, 40, Republican, Tenn., is handsome and earnest, a wealthy candy manufacturer who describes himself as a "staunch individualist." He attacks the status quo, marking himself as a new kind of moderate Southern conservative. Three House terms on the Banking and Currency Committee have made economic policy his primary concern, and he will generally back Nixon in this area...
...From comrades on all levels, fraternal messages of support poured into Warsaw for his successor: Edward Gierek, 57, the tall, burly boss of the Silesian mining area. Russia's Leonid Brezhnev hailed his new opposite number in Poland as "a sincere friend of the Soviet Union and a staunch international Communist." Germany's gruff old Walter Ulbricht, who has opposed recent Polish efforts at détente, proposed "close comradely ties." From all parts of Poland-and from almost all sectors of its party structure-came telegrams of felicitation and support. Politely, none of the encomiums touched...