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...Algeria that brought De Gaulle to power, and it was Algeria that could undo everything he has accomplished. Peace talks with the Algerian F.L.N. rebel delegation had collapsed. De Gaulle was faced with trying to keep a restless army and populace in check while the next move in Algeria was worked out. He sent Algerian Affairs Minister Louis Joxe, along with Defense Minister Pierre Messmer, to Algiers to check on the loyalty of the army and government officials and to probe the possibility of setting up some form of "provisional executive" in Algeria-a halfway house on the troubled road...
...hundred Peace Corps will not undo the harm that the CIA and our military have done in Cuba to our world reputation. Thinking Africans in this first area that was scheduled to receive Peace Corps teams are very suspicious already of U.S. motives. The example of how Mr. Kennedy's brave new Administration is bringing "peace" to the poor people of Cuba may cause the poor people of Africa to reject our offers almost as fast as the Cubans rejected...
Although Coolidge recognized the power of the Overseers to reverse the decisions of the Corporation, he asserted that they should not undo the Corporation's actions. "The University could not be run efficiently if the Overseers made a practice of overruling the Administration's policies," Coolidge said...
...almost any magnitude, and the history of unclear armaments shows that destructive-offensive technology has consistently stayed ahead of protective-defensive measures. If Russia were to find a way to make its populations "secure" from our attack, I am reasonably sure that we would seek the weapons to undo this military advantage. There is no reason to expect that the Russians will be any more willing to see us develop the capability to absorb a major nuclear strike. Since I cannot discuss these problems in detail here; I invite the interested to read the speeches on Civil Defense of Senator...
...much remained unchanged. If John F. Kennedy intends to head toward a New Frontier, he will have to start out on the old paths. He could not abolish the legacy of the Eisenhower Administration even if he wanted to-any more than Ike could or wanted to undo the New Deal...