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...sacrificed much of its influence among Communist parties elsewhere. Not since the Hitler-Stalin pact of 1939 had the Kremlin acted so palpably from fear and weakness. Under present-day conditions, Moscow's treatment of Prague makes for a very poor prognosis for the future of Communism. The thrust that made the Dubcek regime possible will not die with that government...
...makes no mention of one of the most contentious issues-a coalition government. Though a floor fight over the plank was virtually certain, the doves' hopes of winning it were all but destroyed by the tough mood of the delegates in the wake of Russia's thrust into Czechoslovakia. Said Rhode Island's Senator Claiborne Pell: "The triumph of the hawks of the Kremlin has strengthened the hawks in Chicago." A Louis Harris poll showed that Americans opposed a unilateral bombing halt, 61 to 24, and a coalition government...
...continues, and at the end of last week Communist-initiated ground action was accelerating. U.S. military commanders in Viet Nam, pointing to the massive infiltration of troops (150,000 so far this year) from the North, believe that the big attack will come any day and that the main thrust will be aimed at Sai gon itself...
...results made the biggest scoop of the week. Nixon assured the Dixie politicians that he had given only grudging support to the federal open-housing law, and felt such matters ought to be left to local decision. He would appoint "strict constitutionalists" to the U.S. Supreme Court. The thrust of his remarks seemed to indicate that he had made a shift to the right...
Dullness was the one thing I did not expect. When I got off my plane in Miami Sunday. I found myself thrust into a boisterous demonstration of young and old Rockefeller supporters, armed with brassy instruments, who had come to the airport to greet the Massachusetts delegation. They screamed and played so loud that no one could hear the public address announcements about departures and arrivals...