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...millions of fellow Americans view the world?many of them through suburban windows. It is another question whether he also has the qualities of leadership, intellect and judgment that are required, in an age of instant communications and thermonuclear weaponry, of a man who might some day be thrust into the presidency of the U.S. Agnew has certainly made some errors of judgment in the campaign so far, but the campaign is relatively young. As things stand now, the name Agnew could indeed become a household word in the U.S. His conduct in the next several weeks will determine just...
...fruits of such journalism were quickly apparent. Circulation doubled and tripled. Czechs waited in line at newsstands, tuned in excitedly to newscasts on Czech radio and television. To the Kremlin, however, it was all an insufferable threat. In May, Dubček was summoned to Moscow, where Leonid Brezhnev thrust a stack of heretical clippings at him and, shaking with rage, told him that "this sort of thing has got to stop." But it did not stop. Dubček refused to restore censorship, contented himself with asking newsmen to tone down their attacks for a while. At a national...
Conglomerate Miner. In 1959, the firm added "Mining" to its name in order to reflect newer operations that now account for 65% of its revenues. "Mining is our upward thrust," says Littlefield. The thrust started when Utah decided to adapt its earth-moving skills to open-pit mining projects. It has since become, in effect, a conglomerate miner...
Whatever minor themes develop, the main thrust of the Nixon campaign will remain the same: safety and security. Going from Chicago to San Francisco and Houston-where he sounded perhaps his most conservative tone yet in a speech to an enthusiastic, conservative audience-Nixon used both as a constant refrain. "What the American people want is no departures," says the aide. "They want peace abroad and peace at home. Solutions will not come from radical departures. Nixon is safer...
...really played the game of colonialism, which he defines as an ephemeral grab for pseudo empire. The problem is that history has given them no choice. Though there might once have been another option, this century's two world wars destroyed the chance for a united Europe and thrust the U.S. into the power vacuum...