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Four Steps Backward. Taken in larger context, the Soviet groveling at Belgrade was all the more interesting. It represented the fourth recent major reversal of an important Russian position. Within a fortnight, the Soviet Union has 1) signed an Austrian peace treaty that was less favorable to it than a treaty it had been rejecting for years, 2) announced a new disarmament plan that, while still unsatisfactory to the U.S., offered more concessions than ever before, and 3) agreed to Big Four talks "at the summit" under conditions that the Communists had previously denounced. For months, Soviet leaders had said...
...theme of the meeting is an exploration into the question of whether or not Marshall's ideals, in today's context, are still valid," Sutherland said...
...meaning to make nice booby traps. Here is a beauty: "For you always have the poor with you." That has been continuously twisted by knaves to induce the belief that the evil of poverty is set in the world as permanently as gravitation. Another honey, lifted out of its context and distorted, is, "I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." And the devil whispers behind the leaves of the Book, "There is your blessing on war." Another good one is, "Let your moderation be known to all men." The devil gets many folks to take that...
Nothing so mechanical as the Council's plan for two section meetings will solve the complicated problem of giving non-scientists enough, but not too much, technical knowledge for understanding science--its history, philosophy, literature, and social context. Well-read section men, stimulating lecturers, and non-technical reading selections can do even more toward making elementary Natural Science courses an inspiring part of General Education...
...substance or non-substance from the pictures deserves closer scrutiny. This verse appears in many cases within the sketch itself, in what may be described as either a cloud or a balloon. The opening lines create such a frenetic and frightening effect, that I will quote them out of context and with no possible frame of reference, as is the current predilection...