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...wish to avoid the nuclear holocaust, the final catastrophe, the ultimate disaster. Nobody wants an Armageddon. The great powers are 'have' nations, with fundamental commitments to the status quo. They both wish to avoid the Nth country problem...
...Quo Vadim? Not everyone is giddy with euphoria, however. Many of these Hollywood Romans, for example, spend their time in Jerry's American restaurant, eating hamburgers and French fries, and listening to an American jukebox. A few speak Italian; most of the others don't bother to learn. They seldom mix with their Italian peers. There is a growing wistfulness and nostalgia for the good old gaudy joys of Hollywood...
...there remains a profitable way out of the entire muddle which does not seem so far to have been thoroughly considered. After allowing the decision made last Tuesday to revert to the status quo ante--replacing the October 30 deadline on a student's choice of Honors or C.L.G.S.--the Faculty ought to open up the Honors degree in another fashion. New legislation should grant to the departments the power to recommend for Honors a senior who chose to write a thesis but was unable to complete it for reasons implicit in the thesis material or otherwise outside a momentary...
Douglas praised the Peace Corps efforts. "Russia is a competitor whom we'll have to meet teacher for teacher in every underdeveloped country," he said. He also emphasized the futility of military grants that allowed existing governments to maintain a "feudal" status quo and withhold civil liberties, but did not enable them to protect their countries from Russian aggression...
Douglas noted that the Russian standard of living, although lower than America's, makes it "a member of the affluent society" and "a symbol of revolt against the status quo" to the countries of the Middle East and Africa...