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...official charge--creation of "anti-Soviet propaganda and agitation"--is so vague that it could be used to suppress practically all forms of creative effort. Exposed as the authors of particularly controversial stories, Alex ei Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel were arrested last September but were brought to trial only last week. Their writings, published outside Russia under the psuedonyms Tertz and Arzhak, were fantastic portrayals of Soviet society. Sinyavsky depicted the horrors of the Stalinist trials and the inner workings of Stalin's regime in one of his short stories, "The Trial Begins." Daniel's tale "Moscow Speaks" envisioned...
...almost impossible to be both a political citizen and a moral man," he said. "But Spain has found the worse solution--to suppress both. To renounce politics is to accept the Establishment and become a passive citizen. To renounce ethics is to lose respect for one's own human dignity. Somehow we must reassert these things together...
...Gazette was first conceived last spring when the university asserted its right to suppress some "irresponsible" editorials in the News. After a brief controversy, the administration agreed to a review by an 11-member board, three of which are undergraduates...
...using the peace-keeping force to suppress revolution, the U.S. would shirk the stigma of intervention, while continuing to dominate O.A.S. decisions. But in the process, it would also risk splitting the Alliance for Progress, the linchpin of American diplomacy in this hemisphere, as well as the Organization of American States. Merely by pressing for the creation of the force, the U.S. will create serious dissension. Four Latin American nations--Chile, Mexico, Columbia and Uruguay--have soundly denounced the proposal. Five others -- Peru, Venczucla, Argentina, Ecuador and Costa Rica are -- known to be opposed. "This idea of collective action...
...Buddists than his predecessors, but the fact that the Catholic minority still holds power over the large Bhuddist majority will continue to preclude a concensus. Student demonstrations against the harsh martial law which Ky imposed last June became so intense during September that the Premier was forced to suppress them with troops. When the government made support of neutralism a capital offense on July 24, several moderates and academics were subsequently shot...