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...unless Britain itself fills the military vacuum in Zambia. Only the British, he figures, could enter Rhodesia without spreading the war. The British, of course, say they have no intention of sending troops into Rhodesia, but Prime Minister Harold Wilson was seriously considering flying in at least a token R.A.F. contingent to man the key air strips in Zambia...
...repertory theater housed on Broadway. Possessing in Rosemary Harris one of the most expressive actresses on the U.S. stage, ranging with intrepidity, intelligence and taste from Gorky's The Lower Depths to Shaw's Man and Superman, this troupe, after six years of existence, has received only token gifts from the cultural fund dispensers. Endorsed by critics and public, each of its productions is better than the last, and it may now take added heart that excellence will...
...expects it as a matter of course. Even the huge wheat sales to Russia and Red China (850 million bu. worth $1.7 billion in the past two years) were taken for granted; of 48 seats in the prairie provinces, Pearson's Liberals won exactly one. By the same token, last winter's series of influence-peddling scandals in Pearson's government seemed to have little carryover effect at the polls. Collectively, the voters opted for the status quo; having had a minority government that, for all its problems, gave them what they wanted, they saw no need...
...standard, John Lindsay's victory in New York, however local and empirical, augurs well for the G.O.P. By the same token, it gives new hope to the two-party system, which has been almost asphyxiated by unchallenged Democratic rule in metropolitan areas. For the ultimate justification of the American political system is that the party in opposition, whether Democratic or Republican, should be an alternate government capable of taking over -as Eisenhower Republicans did from Truman Democrats-with hardly a tremor. In last week's elections, it was mainly the adaptable, nondoctrinaire Republican who upheld that ideal...
...qualified applicants have to be turned away each yar. Other public institutions, from hospitals to orphanages, are archaic and inadequate. Highways are clogged, while the state road program lags for lack of funds. Though its rivers and air are hopelessly polluted, the Garden State has only a token anti-pollution program...