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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Powerfully, Kissinger explored some of the deeper reasons for Communism's present gains. "In the end," he said, "the Communist parties find their opportunities less in their inherent strength than in the demoralization, division or disorganization of their opponents; they succeed only when the democratic system seems unable to solve the social problems of the day, when the center does not hold and societies become polarized." Violence, such as that currently tormenting Italy, drives many to support Communism in desperation. Ticking off some of the basic causes of Communist gains, Kissinger noted: "A relativist age debunks authority and puts...
...last fall's United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's General Conference in Nairobi, the Third World bloc tried to push through a Soviet-backed proposal endorsing greater government control of the international flow of news (a U.S. lobbying effort stalled the motion). The bloc did succeed, however, in gaining UNESCO backing for a new Third World press pool that would supplement-and, some press libertarians fear, eventually supplant-the Western wire services in those countries. Says H.L. Stevenson, editor and vice president of U.P.I.: "If this pool decides it wants to give out handouts...
Attempts to study the "new reality" of photographic and optical effects can only succeed in examining the human processes that control perception, Land added, because "the process is the reality...
...bidding for group tours to save on expenses for bus fuel and guides. Guests checking into Colonial Williamsburg hotels are now greeted by discreetly worded appeals for donations; the foundation hopes to receive about 1,000 gifts this year-double the 1976 total. But even if these methods succeed in closing the 1977 budget gap, a longer-range worry threatens: the possibility that an energy crunch and rising fuel costs will both push foundation expenses still higher and persuade still more potential visitors to stay home...
Kipling, Samuel Smiles, Horatio Alger, Dr. Pangloss, J. Paul Getty, John D. Rockefeller, the Carnegies (Andrew and Dale) and countless other evangelists of true grit have all in their time promoted the same if-at-first-you-don't-succeed philosophy for nearly a century. From the evidence, there was probably never a time or place in which their lessons were more applicable or more richly rewarded than they are in the U.S. today. Heigh...