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...rests on two fundamental principles: a mutual integrity of intention and a readiness to sacrifice the necessary fraction of one's own sovereignty. Since neither the Soviet leadership nor the Nixon administration seems to understand these principles the burden now falls on the Congress. Only Congress can stop the vicious cycle created by the "bargaining chips" policy by stopping new arms production. Congress should not only reject the proposed increases in the defense budget, but also reallocate current defense funds for the improvement of our nation's health, education, and welfare...
...present Conservative government is the most right-wing that Britain has seen since before the First World War. It is the first since 1910 to redistribute wealth "upwards" rather than "downwards." It is the first government this century to launch a determined and vicious attack against organized labor, and it is the first government since the Second World War to abandon completely the unwritten law of consensus in British politics...
...more controlled and equitable society. I do not believe that capitalism will collapse tomorrow, but too many individuals in Britain and elsewhere are being knocked over and trampled upon every time the sick beast lashes out in an attempt to preserve its balance. The sicker the system, the more vicious will be the measures needed to make people heed its howling...
...vicious history, kidnaping in the U.S. has been a crime forcing victimized families to trade suitcases full of cash for at least the hope of recovering a loved one unharmed. Last week one of the nation's most celebrated families, the Hearsts of California, continued trying desperately to deal with an altogether different abduction: perhaps the first political kidnaping in U.S. history. Members of the revolutionary Symbionese Liberation Army, who dragged 19-year-old Patricia Hearst from her Berkeley apartment and flung her into the trunk of a getaway car, at first ordered her father Randolph to feed...
...strong demand for housing, profits and rents go up rapidly. This makes property values go up, too. And when a building is sold at a higher value, the rent goes up again--to pay for higher mortgage and property tax costs, which are based on the property value. This vicious cycle is a major symptom of the housing crisis today...