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...splendid, succinct and generally balanced appraisal of Jewish life in the U.S., circa 1965, is TIME'S essay on "The New American Jew" [June 25]. You have caught beautifully the pride of being a Jew, the pride of belonging within a great people, the pride of helping to build a nation, and the love of the U.S. Considering the history of the Jews for 57 centuries, this development is a monument to the validity of free institutions. Of course, there is always the danger of euphoria. For, we all know, the evil of anti-Semitism lurks even here...
...Bundy operation. He found out soon enough. During the Panama crisis in January 1964, Bundy was off in Antigua on vacation. The President did not summon him back, but he gradually became aware that the memos on national security were not so crisply phrased, the advice was not so succinct and pointed as when Bundy was around. From that time on, Bundy had President Johnson's full confidence. And when Bundy routinely submitted his resignation after Johnson was elected in his own right in 1964, he got it back with a notation: "Why do you do things like this...
...these, when so many advances are being made in surgery, it is difficult to remember that these men are not gods but mortals. This work is not a cure-all for all occlusive artery diseases, but one must admit that it is still quite impressive. Your article was indeed succinct, informative, and impressive in its scope...
Eight million Russians received a new April 17 in the mails last week, with a succinct instruction to insert it in their official Communist Party calendars for 1965. The new date was nothing like the old. Gone was the photo of the bald head, the round face unsmiling above the five medals, the six-line biography describing his rise to Chairman of the Council of Ministers and First Party Secretary. Even the fellow's inspirational quote on the back gave way to an anonymous poem praising party modesty. Thus, by having his birthday wiped from the state calendar...
When asked how the loss affected Harvard's chances in the Ivy League, Pickett was succinct. "We can still win," he said. "Columbia can beat Cornell, and we can beat Columbia...