Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Kennedy deplored the cut-backs in vital programs such as the War on Poverty, integration of schools, and foreign...
That Sunday in Sanders Theater a few weeks ago, he continually stressed, as Rusk has not, the need for a political solution through negotiations "that will not sacrifice the vital interests of anybody involved." More important, he called for "international supervision to make sure no segment of South Vietnamese civilians is denied a proper place in a peaceful settlement." Apparently, this means that the Viet Cong, as terroristic and Communistic as they may be in Washington's view, will be ensured a major role in a peaceful South Vietnam...
...conduct"-noting that such a broad interpretation might include anything from a "thumbs-down gesture to political assassination." Most important, it rejected the Holmes test. Instead, it followed the Supreme Court's recent tendency to "balance" the interests served by a statute v. free speech. Draft cards are vital to running the draft, said the Appellate Court. They backstop lost records and help control evaders. The need to retain them takes precedence over any alleged right to burn them. Holmesians might be troubled, but the decision hardly suppressed the right to dissent. David Miller and "those who agree with...
Although one can ignore the flippant tone of Gregory Craig's and Mary Belle Feltenstein's response (CRIMSON, Feb. 15th) to the disclosure of CIA funding of the NSA for nearly 15 years, there was something rather vital missing in their reaction. I should like to put a query to them...
...Vietnam. In that speech I said "The U.S. seeks a political solution, we do not seek a military solution, we do not seek the unconditional surrender of our adversaries, we seek a settlement in which terms will result from genuine negotiations, a settlement whose terms will not sacrifice the vital interest of any party. Now about laying down arms.... I don't know how you bring about peace if you don't lay down your arms. Possession of arms is inconsistent with bringing about peace, because arms are the means of warfare, they are not the means of peace...