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...Jean Benoit...
...question is asked by the novel's vibrant, sorrowful hero. Benoit Kaufman, a Romany who survives the concentration camps as a boy to become a successful protraitist of the rich and famous. Yet, unable to shake his past. Ben finally dedicates himself to avenge all those men, women, and children who were shot, gassed and incinerated. The specific object of his wrath is a fellow gypsy, a former Nazi collaborator who saved his own life by participating in the slaughter of others...
Ionesco: Yes, I am optimistic, but one must go through a long period of purgatory. I think there is an awakening now and it is especially manifested in France with the "new philosophers"--Jean-Marie Benoit, Berbard Levy, Lardreau, Glucksman, Emmanuel Todd and others. That's to say there is a new tendency to go beyond politics towards metaphysics. I think this is very important, and moreover, these young philosophers whom the whole world should know about--including the United States--are demystifiers of Soviet Marxism...
...inevitably require more accurate missiles and perhaps even bigger ones. Declares Columbia Professor Emile Benoit, an expert on the economics of defense: "We don't know how much we will spend, and we may be even less secure in the end." Indeed, the 1975 budget request includes about $10 million for a Command Data Buffer System that would allow the U.S. to switch a missile to a new target in 20 minutes. The process, which requires programming each missile's computers, now takes up to 36 hours...
...Further, Benoit believes that counterforce could lead to irresistible pressure for the U.S. and U.S.S.R. to build more missile defense systems. Under SALT I, both nations are restricted to token defensive systems of two antiballistic missile sites each. Some critics warn that the Russians may look on counterforce not as a defensive measure but as an offensive one, enabling the U.S. to launch a limited first strike...