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...fast great crisis because of its newfound powers of self-destruction. He feels that man's best hope of avoiding disaster is to listen hard for radioed advice. Far out in starry space, perhaps, is an old, wise civilization that has survived many crises and is trying to warn the callow earth against the mistakes of its own youth...
...especially in beautifully painted human heads. A few weeks ago members of the head-hunter tribe approached the area administrator for permission to go head-hunting 'for one evening only, please, sir.' This was because Michael was offering ten steel hatchets for one head. We had to warn him off, as he was creating a demand that could not be met without bloodshed...
...shared Adenauer's impatience with parliamentary institutions, argues that the nation needs "a strong government, strongly led." Schröder, who was named deputy floor leader for Adenauer's Christian Democrats in 1952 and has been Interior Minister since 1953, has not hesitated to warn opponents that a vote against the Chancellor is a vote for Communism. Among politicians, Schröder's boyish subservience to Adenauer has earned him the title "Bonn's oldest young man." He is nonetheless a seasoned political infighter whose cunning and ambition make him difficult to dislodge. One reason...
...complex for most laymen to cope with, but economists may well be able to use it to call economic shifts with greater accuracy and to alert businessmen to take effective contra-cyclical action. One theoretical case: if economists spotted several indicators pointing to overexpansion of inventories, they could warn businessmen in time to permit early and gradual reduction of inventory buying instead of the tardy and sharp cutbacks that usually lead to layoffs, plant shutdowns-and recession...
...heritage is stamped in his broad face and his short, stocky, muscular body. His paternal grandfather, a farmer-mayor of Cognac, lived to the age of 102. Jean Monnet's mother lived to be 87, his father, Jean Gabriel, to 83. A staunch conservative. Jean Gabriel used to warn young Jean that "every new idea is bound to be a bad idea." There is no evidence that Jean paid any attention...