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...power in such quantity is an ever-present temptation. The line between constitutional and unconstitutional acts became blurred. Congressional power to declare war atrophied; in effect the President did it on his own-in Korea, in Viet Nam and to a lesser degree in a host of other places, like Lebanon and the Dominican Republic, where the President committed American forces momentarily. The process has a cumulative effect. Once the President has made a certain commitment of troops, he may feel compelled to send still more to protect his original investment. Viet Nam is the tragic outcome of a process...
Only then can the people of Indochina begin to be relieved of the nightmare we have helped inflict upon them. And only then can the people of America emerge from their own far lesser nightmare
...least at the moment, the voters feel most intensely about the war-an issue that only a few months ago seemed to have subsided. Ranking a distant second to Viet Nam are taxes, inflation, crime and busing-all rated about equally aggravating to voters. Lesser but still important concerns are drugs and the lack of credibility among political leaders. There is a widespread feeling that the nation's millions of "little guys" are repeatedly being victimized by a relatively few "big guys." Voter comments on all of these issues are rarely restrained, often angry...
...other short-order items served up at F.W. Woolworth lunch counters. Their managers had violated the rules by raising prices without obtaining advance approval, and as a result had to lower the tab for a hamburger in midtown Manhattan, for example, from 70? to 65?. Four other large but lesser-known merchandisers were also ordered to roll back prices...
...royalty, Ingrid Bergman deigns to make an infrequent city-to-city tour before her oohing and aahing subjects. Lovely to look at, graciously regal in bearing, exotically foreign in accent, she does not remotely intend for any playwright to steal the spotlight. An assiduous search through a trunkful of lesser Shaw has provided the perfect vehicle in Captain...