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Other Goals. From Washington, President Kennedy mobilized the skills of U.S. diplomacy to keep the Soviet Union from imposing on the U.N. its concept of a three-man secretariat-an unworkable form of executive that would forever cripple the organization. Survival of the U.N. as a world forum and as a useful instrument for keeping the peace was well worth struggling for. But there are other goals, carrying far higher priority. They could be defined simply...
...LeMay, there seemed to be a danger that public understanding of the U.S. "aerospace"' force has become fuzzy. "Yet," he said, "our basic concept has remained firm through the years-national security requires that we build, maintain and modernize our aerospace power, and that we emphasize forces that can survive an attack and react with war-waging and war-winning capabilities. Today, for the first time in history, we can be attacked by strong aerospace forces...
...seek weapon systems that I think can do the best job and afford the nation the most protection. I am a military conservative in that I believe we shouldn't discard a proven, reliable weapon system or concept unless we have something that is able to replace it and do a better job. In short, I believe in having protection along with progress...
...Hammarskjold emphasized that the static concept, that of a sounding-board for accusations, a sort of international steam valve, applies "to history and to the traditions of national policies of the past." But an international forum, which represented a tremendous advance 15 years ago, is no longer sufficient. Only a dynamic organization, in which governments unite for "more developed and increasingly effective forms of constructive international cooperation," can meet the challenges of a world which possesses the power of self-annihilation...
...books start with particular examples that awaken students to axioms or generalizations. The chief aim is a firm grasp of "real numbers," which form the central number system of mathematics. One early discovery is the semantic difference between a number and a numeral. The first is a permanent concept, the other, one of its many aliases. The idea of 9, for example, can be expressed equally well...