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...separate entity since 1910. Small wonder, then, that the new Namibian government is expected to sign a security agreement allowing South African troops to be based on Namibian soil. The troops will defend the new government against SWAPO guerrilla raids. More important from South Africa's viewpoint, they will preserve Namibia's status as a buffer to the north...
...time his religion was very bad politics. Akhenaten failed; the ancient gods won: The surprise is not that Allen Drury, the Advise and Consent man, has written a book about Akhenaten-a pyramid could be made of books about him and his queen Nefertiti-but that his viewpoint is political...
...past, but that blindness to moral values and an indifference to the question of good and evil are among the signs of the times. This is what has caused so many Americans to approach the most horrible crimes as if these acts were simply the reflection of another viewpoint or the result of environmental pressures. In their rush to become acceptable members of society, to be modern and sophisticated, the majority of our citizens have justified and explained away some of the most nefarious and treasonous actions...
...conventional wisdom that the Democrats latest convention is evidence of a return to conservative sanity after the ideological rending of 1968 and 1972. Martin Nolan, one of the best of Washington columnists, compares the McGovern and Carter installations as a constrast between a Rotary convention and Woodstock nation. This viewpoint implies that the Democrats have gone back to being something akin to the Christian Democrats of Italy--a permanent majority party dedicated to winning elections and dispensing patronage, oblivious to broader issues since the American electorate is itself "non-ideological." The foregoing opinion has the virtue of being comfortable...
Even so, the U.S.-West German viewpoint prevailed. The final communique stated: "Our objective now is to manage effectively a transition to expansion which will be sustainable, which will reduce the high level of unemployment which persists in many countries and will not jeopardize our common aim of avoiding a new wave of inflation...