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...burghers protested that Gerstenmaier's "Brasilia," as the stuffy Rheinische Post dubbed it, would occupy their best recreational land. The program has been postponed for years, since the government has always clung to the belief that by putting up permanent buildings in a "provisional" capital it might weaken its claim that Berlin and the rest of Germany must ultimately be reunited...
...general membership of the Harvard Young Republican Club last night recommended that the Executive Committee endorse the Civil Rights Bill along with any amendments "which would not weaken the bill...
...foolish to argue that Africa or Latin America is more or less "important" than India; and a good area studies program does take a long time to develop. But that is not the issue. The departure of the Rudolphs does not weaken modern Indian studies at Harvard; it eliminates them. And as neither the Government nor the History Department has allocated a place to India--the presence of an assistant professor and a lecturer who are specialists in this field has been basically a fortunate accident--there is no reason to expect Indian studies to reappear...
...Manfield-Dirksen amendment does weaken the enforcement mechanism of the bill, but it should satisfy Senators who felt the House bill, with its denial of jury trial, might be unconstitutional...
...course the imperialists are still the enemy, but Peking, with its "despotism," "frantic slanders" and "chauvinism," is only giving them aid and comfort. The Chinese leaders, said Khrushchev, are producing a growing cluster of Communist splinter parties-which threaten to weaken the international Communist movement. "The imperialists must now be rubbing their hands with satisfaction. Can the great revolutionary cause be betrayed in a more vile...