Word: towards
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...framework of these fundamental requirements must follow a sequence of disarmament in Central Europe. Only when the Soviet Union is willing to agree to a relaxation of the Cold War in Europe can the German question be solved. To achieve any realistic result, therefore, the United States must work toward a disengagement gradual enough so that each side can take the immediate steps without feeling its security endangered. Limiting arms in Germany, setting a quota on ground forces and a prohibition on missile bases would prove fruitful as a first step in decreasing tension...
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson's refurbished, six-room Capitol suite has a heady view: from its windows the Senator from Texas can peer down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the White House. Last week, in the sharpest language yet, Johnson clamorously sounded the Democratic cry that the big mansion west of his window is, for useful purposes, empty; that initiative belongs on Capitol Hill...
Ever since the Russians began their space shots, an insistent array of U.S. military pundits, politicos and editorialists have charged that the U.S. is lagging behind the Russians in the missile race, is heading toward a disastrous missile gap in the 1960s, and is foolishly placing a balanced budget above adequate military defenses. Last week, at long last, Defense Secretary Neil McElroy, backed by "the best intelligence there is," rose to the challenge. With General Nathan Twining, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, McElroy went over to the Capitol to set the facts before the Senate Armed Services Committee...
...trend. But there are factors in the College community conspiring to make such a trend permanent. Primarily and most understandably, there exists the natural affinity of a group of scholars for its own profession. For the undergraduate guided by the predilections of his tutors, advisors and professors, the pressure toward scholarly achievement becomes a significant force. But an undergraduate who looks on college teaching, particularly at Harvard, as the highest calling of an educated man, may neglect the fact that he will, in all probability, not end up teaching at Harvard and that there are professions equally valuable...
...other factor contributes to the growth of pressure toward academic pre-professionalism. As the number of applicants for admission rises, the level of proficiency and of entrance standards also increases. The Class of 1958, which indicated such an unusual proclivity for doctoral training, was the "brightest," i.e. the most academically promising, class ever to be admitted. Each subsequent class has broken the 1958 record, and there is every reason to believe that the trend will continue for at least ten years...