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...different mixture certainly. None of these terms is going to ring the same kind of bell. The Chinese equivalent probably begins with ethical teaching, elitist leadership--not egalitarian--and indoctrination in a community with a great sense of community stressing that rather than individualism, speaking in consensus and expecting a consensus and conformity rather than diverity or individualism, and winding up with authoritarian leadership and a great capacity for mobilization and organization, which we've seen in China in recent years...
...have a moralistic society, not a legalistic society, the result being that litigation is frowned upon both traditionally and today. The lawyer is not an important figure as he is with us. Rather, there is more of morality and ethical teaching, and this needs a public opinion of consensus in the community. It rests on moral terms, and moralistic leadership. All of this takes the place of what we have in the letter...
...aviary contains "about 15% doves and as many hawks," with the rest "basically in agreement with the President's policy." Nebraska's Republican Senator Roman Hruska found impatience and anger over the "almost constantly increasing casualty lists," but discerned neither a desire to pull out nor a consensus for a quick victory at any cost...
...graded from E up to A and pitted only against their peers. Spotting dogs who have just moved up or down on the scale is, however, one way of judging their chances. These estimates and comparisons of overall records allow handicappers to function above the humiliation level, and a "consensus" estimate is made on each of the races in the handy 35-cent program sold at the track...
...Consensus on Caution. In general, editorial opinion stood foursquare behind Israel. Minor irritation was expressed by some newspapers at the lack of U.S. preparedness for the crisis, but few editorials took issue with President Johnson's policy of cautious watchfulness. The commitment to Israel had to be upheld, said the editorials, but it would be better for the U.S. to rally allies to its side and not try to go it alone. All newspapers agreed that the great powers must now get together and try to keep the peace permanently in the area. "The Arabs and Israelis alone cannot...