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...society is sick with conspiracy fetishes. To one who feels he is drowning hi gallons of screwball theories coming from every direction, your few drops of common sense on this controversial subject were welcome...
...Lanka Freedom Party. The apparent cause of the political spat was a remark reputedly made by Perera to the effect that Mrs. Bandaranaike's husband had no consistent policy. Perera later apologized for giving offense, but Mrs. Bandaranaike replied that her party would not tolerate "throat cutting hi the guise of unity" and forced the Trotskyites out of the government. Others believe the firing of Perera was the result of a tug of war within the ruling clan. In this reading, Mrs. Bandaranaike used Perera's remark as an excuse to move away from the radical left-represented...
...chauvinist wording of Penn State's Alma Mater. The anthem's phrase "Thou didst mold us, dear old State," recently lost its refrain "Into men, into men." "When we stood at boyhood's gate" emerged unisexually as "childhood's gate." Elsewhere, however, sexism yet sounds hi full voice. At Princeton football games, for example, "her sons" still give "three cheers for Old Nassau." Princeton Recording Secretary Fred Fox says that if "sons" goes, so must the preceding "her." Old Guardsperson Fox vows he will fight to the end against calling Princeton...
Third World radicals, notably the Cubans and some Arab and African extremists, are not interested hi conciliation. But Third World moderates are interested, and they claim that Moynihan has made it harder for them. Europeans, while agreeing with Moynihan on the basic point that developing countries can no longer abuse the Western democracies in public and seek their aid in private, are still worried about keeping their lines open to African, Arab and Asian countries, where they retain important economic ties...
...Soviets have also cracked down on Jews seeking to emigrate to Israel. While 3,000 Jews a month were allowed to leave the U.S.S.R. hi 1973, the number has gradually been reduced to an average of 1,000 a month this year. Those who apply for exit permits are subject to increasing harassment. An applicant can expect immediate discharge from his job, while facing a probable turndown or, at best, many months of delay before leaving. These people depend heavily on donations from relatives and friends abroad to survive. Gifts of money are already subject to an exorbitant...