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...change. Rather, it is an attempt by an embattled civil libertarian to save what he considers to be America's liberal heritage. Douglas does not sound the call for revolution, but argues that unless there is extensive institutional reform in America, revolution is inevitable. Drawing an analogy between the present-day American Establishment and George III, he writes, "A vast restructuring of laws and institutions was necessary if the people were to be content. That restructuring was not forthcoming and there was revolution...
Enmity between Cambodians and Vietnamese dates from well before the 12th century, when the fabled temples at Angkor were completed. Some of the carvings there depict battles between the Khmers of ancient Cambodia and the Annamese, forebears of present-day Vietnamese. In modern Cambodia, the Vietnamese and Chinese minorities dominate commerce and light industry, giving them economic clout that the majority of Cambodians sharply resent...
Mosley comes from a pastoral background that may be particularly relevant to present-day conditions. One of Union's problems is how to react to its inner-city environment on the edge of Harlem. Mosley, as a young priest, successfully built up an inner-city parish in Cincinnati. Another growing problem is fundraising, a fact of life that...
...Khmer Empire in the 14th century. That accomplishment led to Laos' one brief period of expansion. Before long, however, both Laos and the Khmers were caught in the deadly vise of war between Siam (now Thailand) and Annam (now Viet Nam). The enmities between Indochina's present-day neighbors stem in no small part from these wars, which reduced Laos to a tiny mountain kingdom, robbed Cambodia of the rich Mekong Delta (Cochin China) and created, for the first time in history, a vigorous unity in Viet Nam between the South (Annam) and North (Tonkin...
...apologetic for his presence. "I didn't realize I was important until they made me shut up," he explained. But Tommy also sounded mighty wistful for larger audiences than the Westinghouse assemblage of 30. Immediately after his speech, in which he discussed youth's contempt for present-day TV, he drove back to Manhattan to pursue more personal programming talks with ABC. By the end of the week, attorneys for the network and Smothers Inc. had virtually assured the return of the broth ers to a weekly network series after a year's banishment...