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...that, a sizable Japanese military presence is not likely to materialize overnight. Article 9 of the Peace Constitution imposed by the U.S. restricts Japan to defensive forces. To be sure, "defensive" can be interpreted broadly, as both Washington and Moscow have demonstrated; but so far, Japan's Self-Defense Force numbers only 259,400 men, all volunteers and all entitled to quit any time they want to. The searing memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japan's signing of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty three weeks ago seem to rule out a nuclear role for the foreseeable future. Japan...
Burger believes that a quirk in the American character is at least partly responsible for deplorable prison conditions. In the long view of history, he notes, America became a superpower practically overnight, a fact that he feels has engraved a sense of intolerance toward failed people on the national soul. Said Burger: "Few things characterize our attitude toward prisoners and prisons more than indifference and impatience with the failure of the prisoner to return to society corrected and reasonably ready to earn an honest way in life." Burger looks to psychiatrists and psychologists to shoulder much of the burden...
Television created the Namath legend. The flaky white football cleats. The longish hair. The FuManchu mustache. The perfectly thrown touchdown bombs. And the newspapers, by religiously quoting Namath's reaction to his publicity, did the rest. Overnight, Namath's name became a household word, and the unfavorable reaction to it by the perpetrators of the All-American clean-living school only strengthened Namath's appeal...
...WHAT about racism? As one might expect. its existence is largely exaggerated. Actually, what some of us confuse as race prejudice is really class prejudice. Nothing much would change overnight if all Negroes turned white. Besides, most of them prefer black neighborhoods. Prejudice is no longer the key obstacle to decent living conditions: after all, they prefer to spend their money on things other than good housing. We'd all be much better off if groups like the Kerner Commission stopped overemphasizing racism...
While the overall situation seems to be improving, the Foreign Relations Committee report adds, the gains are often so fragile that they could easily be wiped out overnight by a major enemy push. As far as the future is concerned, Lowenstein and Moose claim that both Vietnamese and Americans in Saigon operate on the assumption that U.S. strength in Viet Nam will remain at a level of at least 250,000 for many years. In Washington, planners see only 200,000 remaining-and not necessarily past early...