Word: rationale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The chief difficulty of the U.S. proposals was that they rested on the assumption that a rational and moderate Arab nationalism exists, and only needs encouragement. It may exist, but it is not in control, and so long as incitements to assassination and prodding of hatreds and fears "work" better...
One big reason for the dizzying switch from surplus to massive deficit had nothing to do with either cold war or recession ; it was the further bloating of already swollen farm programs. As of January, the Agriculture Department was planning to spend a whacking $5 billion for the fiscal year...
How could one deal with such people? Vag was indeed perplexed, especially when the rational world he lived in was threatened by a direct attack.
Guided Thinking. Huxley cites such opinion-forming techniques as brainwashing, subconscious communication, drugs, sleep teaching. But when he discusses propaganda, Huxley begins to advocate it. The champion of laissez-faire in the marketplace of ideas becomes the proponent of guided thinking for the masses-along the proper lines, of course...
The solutions to this problem are several, if anyone cares to seek them. It is obvious that the University could allow students to join the other residents of Cambridge on equal terms, parking on one side of the street. But since the University was conceived in a Puritanical tradition which...