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With these words, Richard Nixon last week explained the prerequisite for the era of negotiation into which he aspires to lead the two superpowers. In a speech at the United Nations to mark its 25th anniversary, the President stressed the necessity for nations to refrain from the all-too-common diplomatic practice of deception and ruse. "The profoundest national interest of our time, for every nation," said the President, "is not immediate gain but the preservation of peace...
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...once the wildest of West Germany's radical student leaders. Two years ago, after a right-wing assassin in West Berlin shot him twice in the head, Dutschke came to Britain to recover. He was admitted by the Labor government on the specific condition that he would refrain from any political activity...
...this year, largely because its membership is becoming younger-and impatient. Over the past decade, the median age of men in the auto plants has declined from 41 to 37; more than one-third of the strikers are under 25. The youngsters insist on big gains-now. A common refrain among union leaders is voiced by Leonard Paula, who represents 4,700 white-collar workers in U.A.W. Local 112 at Chrysler: "I try to tell the young guys that they have to wait for some things, but they come up with their beards and mop heads...