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...declaration's keynote: "In a world in which the dignity of the individual, his fundamental rights and the spiritual values of mankind are seriously threatened by totalitarian forces alien to the tradition of our peoples and their institutions, America holds steadfastly to its historic mission-to be a bulwark of human liberty and national independence." The main proposal for immediate action: "interAmerican cooperative efforts to seek the solution of economic problems and to raise the living standards of the continent...
...letters have brought results. A subtle technique, as different from Russia's brutish kidnapings as China is different from Russia, they can have a deep effect on the minds of the students. They stir up traditional family loyalties, create doubts about each student's place in an alien land. They offer bright promises for the future−and an end to all the frustrations and problems that beset the students...
...human dignity which results from the fact that man has his origin and destiny in God. Such beliefs provide a constant and powerful compulsion toward peaceful change toward a better world . . . During a period when international Communism was forcibly extending its dominion over more than 650 million alien people . . . the free nations were according independence to 17 nations with aggregate populations of around 650 million. Thus we have the most dramatic contrast between the dynamic liberalism of free societies and the brutal reactionism of those who glorify physical power...
...last week, the court also: ¶Ruled, 5 to 4, that the Government could deport an alien on the basis of evidence from secret informants, even though the alien's record was otherwise clear...
What does it mean to be an intellectual in the U.S.? Is he really in such an unhappy plight as he sometimes thinks-the ridiculed double-dome, the egghead, the wild-eyed, absent-minded man who is made to feel an alien in his own country...