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When I first took the oath of office as President five and a half years ago, I made this sacred commitment: to consecrate my office, my energies and all the wisdom I can summon to the cause of peace among nations. I've done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge. As a result of these efforts, I am confident that the world is a safer place today, not only for the people of America but for the people of all nations, and that all of our children have a better chance...
...claims beyond the tenth decade attract favorable attention, may bring financial reward, and summon up dreams of immortality. The bases of such fantasies lie deep in the unconscious and are almost universal. But only in the U.S.S.R. has longevity been elevated to a state-supported cult...
Whether President Nixon, facing impeachment, can put such a program across, is all too obviously doubtful. The more important question might be whether any U.S. Administration could summon the courage to launch this kind of all-out attack on inflation. It would succeed only if the public could be persuaded that all parts of society-the businessman jawboned out of price increases, the worker asked to settle for a modest wage increase, the banker told not to make certain loans -were being asked to make equitable sacrifices. The only answer is that the risks of not doing so are even...
...perhaps only Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt played comparable roles in profound crises that threatened the very survival of the society. But the phenomenon is wholly unpredictable; there have been numerous upheavals in human history?the medieval plagues in Europe, for example?in which the event did not summon a savior. Ireland's eternal troubles illustrate history's frequent refusal to beckon a great leader with...
...Poitier, serving as both star and director, gets off his factory job and steps into some dog dirt. Poitier is one of the more fastidious of movie stars, so perhaps he saw this as his symbolic initiation into the realms of folk comedy. He did not, in any case, summon a double for the scene, but carried straight through with it himself, sparing no sacrifice to get into a little funk...