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Criticized or not, Westmoreland obviously will return to the U.S. one day. Talk of his imminent recall last summer turned out to be merely rumor, and with the battle looming at Khe Sanh, his return at this moment would certainly stir considerable speculation. Yet he has already spent four years in Viet Nam, long enough so that he could logically be relieved at any time...
...least one thing can be said for the Cambridge city government: it smashes constitutional rights only selectively. The freedom of peaceable assembly that bug eyed suburbanites and teeny boppers use to redress their grievances each weekend in Harvard Square has never caused much of a stir down at City Hall. Even though the weekend gapers stop traffic, dirty the sidewall, cram the Coop, and induce claustrophobia, they obviously have redeeming social--and economic--value. A small circulation magazine that socks it to the powers that be, in the very language those powers use in their back rooms, is another matter...
...sheer size of foundations-their collective wealth and power as investors in the stock markets and their influence on U.S. society-has begun to stir criticism and concern in some quarters. When looked at in the widest context, this point of view seems unwarranted. Foundation wealth represents the tiniest fraction of all private wealth in this country, which is estimated at $2.15 trillion. Foundation grants account for only 8% of total U.S. philanthropy, 80% of which comes from the individual giver, in a gamut of generosity that embraces large and small offerings to hospitals, churches, the Community Chest and even...
Playing the imprimatur game can be as delicate as finding a publisher for a first novel. A classic case involved The Layman in the Church, a collection of essays from Commonweal magazine that was published by Herder and Herder in 1962. Although the articles had caused no great stir when printed in magazine form, the late Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York refused to give his imprimatur; because Spellman said no, Herder and Herder was turned down by three other bishops - of Philadelphia, Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Harrisburg, Pa.-before getting approval from the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Since then, Herder...
...murdering, sabotaging government installations and passing out anti-Mao leaflets. Mao Tse-tung's men charge that in far-off Sinkiang, where Army Strongman Wang En-mao has never paid much heed to Peking, "Soviet, Indian and Mongolian agents have united with local traitors and nationalist elements" to stir dissent and create disturbances...