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When secured of presenting a "destructive viewpoint," she replied that her outlook was actually optimistic. To say, "We can't answer these objections, so we will pretend they don't exist...shows little faith is the subject" the maintained...
Danger in Power. Last week Columnist Shannon went farther than ever before —,with a plea to intellectuals not to follow Kennedy blindly. Wrote he: "The love affair between the intellectuals and President Kennedy is a striking feature of the political scene. This romance may be fine from the viewpoint of Mr. Kennedy, but it is doubtful if it is a wise venture for the intellectuals...
...typical of Kissinger's thought than of the policies against which he inveighs, but it does stand behind him, like Herblock's H-bomb, casting a shadow of urgency on much that he says. It would be unfair to characterize Kissinger as a man in terror of his own viewpoint. Whether or not his programs are useful, he performs a valuable service in his general analysis, which he himself considers more important than the specifics. If only in disabusing liberals of Polyanna attitudes, he justifies himself with a clear and often unarguable description of the alternatives facing American foreign policy...
...well and, from the Russian viewpoint, better than good. Even if the Soviet probe never comes anywhere near Venus, the U.S.S.R. can still claim another successful space first: launching an interplanetary vehicle from a circling earth-satellite. Although never before tried, the trick has long been discussed by satellite scientists, who agree that it has important advantages. If an interplanetary vehicle is carried piggyback on a satellite, its speed and direction can be measured accurately and unhurriedly while it is still on a "parking'' orbit. Then, far in advance, a point can be selected that will be best...
Anyone who manages to read this book will quite likely become damned mad. Furthermore, if you do read it, the direction of your anger will depend almost solely upon your prior viewpoint...