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...Only he who has decided to commit suicide can start a nuclear war in the hope of emerging a victor from it. No matter what might the attacker possesses, no matter what method of unleashing nuclear war he chooses, he will not attain his aims. Retribution will ensue ineluctably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: East-West War of Words | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

There is little evidence to suggest that the Black bourgeoisie can itself eradicate the problems of the Black poor, or that it could force the white establishment to commit itself to do so. The problem of the Black poor are beginning to take on pathological dimensions while white Americans seem content with the progress made by the Black middle classes and quite unconcerned about the persistence of intolerable conditions for the Black underclass. Nevertheless it is of the utmost importance for the members of the Black bourgeoisie to both formulate new strateg is aimed at helping the Black lower classes...

Author: By Robert A. Watts, | Title: Failing to Help Those Who Need Help Most | 10/30/1981 | See Source »

What right had I to rip away from Italy a work of art which had been created within the very bosom of the land? What act of piracy were we about to commit? Suddenly I was shaken. But not for very long. Collecting meant taking risks. Collecting meant possession. The pulpit up there is San Leonardo already ahd enough sculptures. A seventh would only cause administrative confusion. By the time I had reached the top of the stairs I had tucked my ridiculous anxieties into the recesses of my mind, never to surface again...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: The Desire to Acquire | 10/29/1981 | See Source »

Verba said he and the two other professors tapped by Rosovsky are "more or less representative" of the council, but stressed that the three members "are not empowered to commit the Faculty

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Joint Unit to Weigh Constitution Draft | 10/27/1981 | See Source »

...ARTS, which is short for Alpha Repertory Television Service, was launched last April. Jointly owned by ABC and the Hearst Corp., ARTS was expected, like CBS-C, to carry commercials. So far, advertisers have been reluctant to commit their dollars, so the nightly 9-to-midnight programming goes free of charge to 5.1 million cable subscribers. The most highbrow of all the culture cables, ARTS has offered a complete performance of Handel's Messiah, documentaries on the lives of Tchaikovsky and Benjamin Britten, and an analysis of a painting by English Artist George Stubbs, The Grosvenor Hunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Cable's Cultural Crapshoot | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

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