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...groups in the past, this thesis is absurd. In this respect the President's suggestion for a special, experimental quota of 5,000--to be distributed with regard not to nationality, but to cultural and technical skill--is a welcome prelude to a fulll-scale review of the whole concept of quotas based on national origins...
...British Commonwealth. He took himself off to Capitol Hill where he addressed-separately -the Senate and the House of Representatives. Eden stressed effectively that Britain's share of defense costs almost matched that of the U.S. "in proportion to our size." He drew attention to the current British concept of imperialism: "In many territories of the Commonwealth constitutional progress has reached, or is approaching, the last stage before their peoples assume responsibility for their own affairs." As for the cold war, Eden's theory was that "it is not so much military containment as political enlightenment which...
...division of present-day Germany was described by Tillich as an "extremely dangerous situation." He said, "There is nothing but restlessness, cynicism and hopelessness in the German's concept of the future...
...strategy contemplated artillery and planes supporting troops. The new strategy reversed the concept; the troops support an atomic strike. At the moment of Communist attack, the strike would be launched by 600 U.S. fighter planes and light bombers based in 20 attack areas of Western Europe and the United Kingdom. Atomic shells would be fired by the Army's 36 atomic cannons strung along the central European front. Other atomic warheads would be hurled aloft in 75 Matador guided missiles, 28 Honest John and Corporal rockets...
...should also include "radical thinking, in the classical sense of the word," the report says. "Too often critical thinking, at least as interpreted by undergraduates, merely looks for logical flaws. Radical thinking emphasized the importance of understanding and evaluating the bases on which a logical structure is built. This concept is not disregarded in the Harvard Report, 'General Education in a Free Society', but we wish to emphasize...