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Part of the devaluation of language results from a feeling that somehow it is no longer effective. Samuel Johnson's society pinned its faith on language; Americans attach theirs to technology. It is not words that put men on the moon, that command technology's powerful surprises. Man does not ascend to heaven by prayer, the aspiration of language, but by the complex rockets and computer codes of NASA...
Quinn blames almost everyone in the chain of command at CBS for the fiasco. "I suppose you'd have to say that Gordon Manning made the most mistakes, but they were mostly sins of omission, just not doing anything. But [Richard] Salant was president of CBS News: he knew what was going on. They all knew what was going on. And they must not have done something for a reason...
...bring a sense of calm to their motions he suggests that at the end of each four beats "the will must be completely out." Intrigued by his half-sentences and mesmerized by his sinewy movements, the class seems to take on some of Chen's relaxation and command...
...another auction of some old cabinets. They contained, among other things, detailed drawings from one of NATO's most important bases for maritime air intelligence in northern Norway. Last week embarrassed Norwegian officials admitted that for the past eight months, mail from the Joint Norwegian Military High Command and other military units intended for the West German embassy in Oslo had been going to the East German embassy...
Vice Admiral Reidar Godoe, chief of staff for the joint command outside the Norwegian capital, called the incident "very regrettable." But, he added, "this is the kind of accident that can well happen with the amount of mail the military sends out every day." Godoe insisted that no classified material was ever sent to the East Germans, because secret documents are always hand-delivered by messenger. He professed not to know, however, whether the address list was used for registered mail, which sometimes contains confidential and restricted information. Nonetheless, the Chief of Defense issued a command to all units last...