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...esteem in which the Middle East holds Great Britain and France, Dulles added: "If I were an American boy, as you term it, I'd rather not have a French and British soldier beside me, one on my right and one on my left." Lifted out of context, so that it appeared that Dulles was reflecting on the soldierly qualities of the U.S. allies, the remark was sped to Europe, where it caused a middle-sized explosion (DULLES INSULTS OUR FORCES, headlined the London Daily Sketch...
Friedrich and Brzezinski define totalitarian dictatorship as a historically unique form of government, which can arise only within the context of democracy and modern technology...
...will be typed onto punch cards; the machines will then work through the words and produce a systematic index of every word St. Thomas used, together with the number of times it appears, where it appears, and the six words immediately preceding and following each appearance (to give the context). This will take the machines 8,125 hours; the same job would be likely to take one man a lifetime...
...Federal Civil Defense Administration has failed to provide such a program. Its recent proposal to begin a nation-wide air raid shelter system is unrealistic, particularly in the present context of inefficiency and apathy. Furthermore, the FCDA plan, envisioning expenditures up to thirty-five billion dollars for shelters alone, is unrealistic from a budgetary standpoint. More important military needs forbid such an outlay for civil defense. Any comprehensive program must divide the cost with local beneficiaries...
...tall order. But it was also a pressing order-and an opportunity to prove in another context Ike's ringing phrase: "We can only act like...