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...possible to pursue détente and simultaneously maintain a strong military and political alliance within the NATO framework...
...volume and one author," and it offers only one assumption about how the budgetary process should end up--that "government decision-making can be improved by the clear formulation of alternatives." Like his work on the budget, Smithies's work on Vietnamese fiscal policy took its basic political framework more or less for granted...
...sign that the Communists are trying to gain the cooperation of the powerful religious groups. The Communists have also promised to set up "popular councils" to run the affairs of the city. Though supervised by military committees, these councils will no doubt include neutralists willing to work within the framework of a Communist-dominated government...
...musical world where all the rules are gone. Composers are now absolutely free to choose from an endless array of pitches, timbres, and rhythms. Renaissance composers had a comparatively tiny palette, limited by the capabilities of the voice and a narrow conception of permissible sounds. But within this narrow framework, lies a compelling internal logic of tension and release, of continuity and contrast. A good performance, like that of Saturday night, can help us to shed our modern biases, and permit us to appreciate the music on its own terms...
...cars once could get an intelligent man over ground in a calculated way at a high rate of speed, and the contest between man and road was like a living sport--taking place within the framework of his working, necessary life. Not in an artificial arena like the tennis court or ski slope or bowling lanes, but like the old cross country road races, this would be a test of who could get the fastest from point A to point B with only his wits and his car to get him there. The race would confer the status of outlaw...