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...issue was phony. Most of the polls in foreign countries were based on the prestige of power-and, with Russia seemingly winning the space race and with Democrats yelling about the "missile gap," a great many folks abroad understandably answered pollsters' questions to the effect that they thought Russia was stronger militarily than...
That was in 1960. In 1963, the U.S. lag in the space race no longer seems quite so wide, the Kennedy Administration has admitted that the "missile gap" never existed, and President Kennedy is on record as saying that the U.S. should not base its policies on foreign opinion...
...especially those of Hoffmann and Goguel. Both men point out that France's political problems involve non-political elements as well. Hoffmann concludes that the final paradox of the French political system is just this, that "reforms in the political system alone will not be enough to bridge the gap" between the political system, and economic and social progress. "Reforms at all levels of the political community" need to be introduced, not just constitutional reform...
...especially those of Hoffmann and Goguel. Both men point out that France's political problems involve non-political elements as well. Hoffmann concludes that the final paradox of the French political system is just this, that "reforms in the political system alone will not be enough to bridge the gap" between the political system, and economic and social progress. "Reforms at all levels of the political community" need to be introduced, not just constitutional reform...
...certainly neither less corrupt nor more good than others. Negroes have learned how much more easy and comforting is the stereotype, indeed the caricature. We all complain of 'the ghetto." One admirable quality of liberals has been their attempt to expand their understanding to bridge the social gap, while anti-liberals have done little to expand theirs in the other direction. Perhaps the anti-liberals are only caught in the contemporary trend that views love as a one-way affair. Certainly when liberals find resentment toward them in the Negro community they exhibit the awkwardness and confusion of any refused...