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...Nation So Conceived, Reinhold Niebuhr and Alan Heimert explore this peculiar Messianic conception Americans have of their own history. The authors organize their material into three major categories: 1. "The quest for national unity and identity." 2. The impact of industrialism on an agrarian state. 3. "The transformation of the nation's original sense of mission to its present sense of responsibility...." Each of these categories is treated in a single chapter, and the entire book runs only to 155 pages. Such brevity on so sweeping a theme creates difficulties. The authors present their work in a wonderfully clear, concise...
...individuals, tell and retell their stories, hoping finally to tell them right, to arrive at a definition of the past which carries its own sort of eloquence. And even as impending national maturity crowds the historical errand into new postures, the grand old jeremiad, when well told, retains its impact, and its relevance
Close-Up (ABC, 10:30-11 p.m.). "A Vanishing Breed: Portrait of a Country Editor" focuses documentary attention on a Kentucky editor and the impact of his newspaper on his community...
...lighten any adverse impact of the aid program on our own balance of payments and economy." - "To continue to assist in the defense of countries under the threat of external and internal Communist attack." He cited the Clay report's finding that "dollar for dollar" military aid programs "contribute more to the security of the free world than corresponding expenditures in our defense appropriations...
...year-from Bishop James A. Pike. A Brooklyn-born graduate of New York's General Theological Seminary, Cromey believes that "our basic problem is cracking the neighborhood. The measure of our success is not how many people you bring to church but how much impact you make." Cromey's mission has made its impact with colorful street processions on major church festivals, a wide range of new youth programs. His next project: a storefront submission in the 90%-Negro Hunters Point area. In addition to diocesan funds, Cromey hopes to get financial help from some wealthy suburban parish...