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Obviously, the architects of the F.D.R. memorial were knowingly or unknowingly inspired by Stonehenge. Their concept is instantly thrilling. This would be the most thought-provoking memorial of our time...
...theology as "erroneous." The American Jewish Committee declared itself "grieved and shocked" by the suggestion that Jews have an obligation to emigrate to Israel. The anti-Zionist American Council for Judaism said: "Our nationality is American; our religion is Judaism. Our homeland is the U.S., and we reject the concept that all Jews outside Israel are in exile...
Nearly half of Netherlands New Guinea's 700,000 Papuans still live in primitive villages where the cowrie shell is the medium of exchange and where women often rank below pigs on the social scale. For the primitive tribesmen of the interior, the concept of government does not exist; their only political guideposts are myth and magic. Head-hunting and cannibalism are still practiced in some areas. Some Papuan natives wear no clothes save for string, have no dishes or cooking utensils. They consider death the action of a wizard, often chop off the ends of their fingers...
...opposed to it," Engelhard feels that he is "doing something by pointing out the limitations of the world confidence in South Africa under existing conditions." He has emphasized to leading South Africans "that for world acceptance, they must begin to realize the dignity of man as a basic concept." As an outsider, he is reluctant to criticize; but as he becomes more powerful, South Africans are beginning to forget that he has any American ties. Recently, one newspaper lost track completely and called him by the good Afrikaans name of Engelbrecht...
...communications trade, there is such a thing as "overexposure," and, as many performers have discovered it is more than an abstract concept. Kennedy's plans for frequent news conferences and television appearances raise the possibility of both tremendous Presidential propaganda and tremendous Presidential embarrasment...