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Buckley indulges in such gibes because he thinks the program openings need "gingering." At least twice so far his visitors have taken offense. David Susskind never recovered from Buckley's introduction of him as "a staunch liberal-if there were a contest for the title Mr. Eleanor Roosevelt, he would unquestionably win it." Norman Thomas got rankled after Buckley began, "If I were asked what has been his specialty in the course of a long career, I guess I would say, 'Being wrong.' " Buckley did feel a little regretful about those programs, and has tried to keep...
...that my visit here will be unforgettable." There were moments during the eight-day trip that he might just as soon forget, such as an ugly fracas at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, where police tangled with anti-German demonstrators. Otherwise, the Israelis were warm to der Alte, a staunch anti-Nazi in wartime and a champion of Israel since then. "If good will is not recognized," he gravely told guests at Eshkol's home, "then no good can be created...
Soviet Doubletalk. It had all the earmarks of a do-nothing Congress, but Brezhnev jolted a few staunch anti-Stalinists by proposing that the Soviet Party Presidium be renamed Politburo -a title that won infamy under General Secretary Stalin prior to 1952. But Moscow City Boss Nikolai Egorychev, who proposed a return to the General Secretary label, hastened to point out that both terms were "Leninist" in origin. Egorychev was tapped by his superiors to deliver a lengthy speech explaining the difference between the sins of Stalin and the heroism of the Stalin era, a piece of Soviet doubletalk that...
...surfeit of publicity, M.I.T.'s staunch stand may prove superflous. The Brookline-Elm St. location has long been favored by the State Department of Public Works. Moreover, Cambridge seems unable to agree on any single altern. That was more than evident from public hearing last Sunday. Speaker after speaker rose, but almost no one could agree. Some refused to come themselves, declaring they opposed "any and all Belt routes through
...point during last month's heated Council debate, Edward A. Crane '35, a staunch Curry backer, predicted that "you won't be able to get an auditorium big enough to hold the people that want to come and will come." He then mentioned a figure of 2000 but, Monday night, more than three-quarters of Rindge's 1500 seats were empty...