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...asked the West to give up nuclear weapons unilaterally; such a gesture would help the West regain the "confidence" of the Soviet Union, and start it on the road toward a peaceful democratic regime. The vast majority of U.S. theologians regard such views as politically naive at best and irresponsible at worst. Says an old friend and theological colleague, Emil Brunner of Zurich: "If President Kennedy were to adopt Barth's pacifist doctrines, the United States would soon be swallowed by the Soviet Union. A Communist regime would make short shrift of men like Barth...
...Crimson continued to battle to regain the lead until two free throws with a minute and a half to go broke the backs of the visitors. Fouled by Crimson captain Gary Borchard, Alan Young of Brown sunk two from the free-throw line, and Brown was ahead by six. The Bruins then grabbed a Crimson fumble and frose the ball for a minute of play...
...same time, conservatives are determined to regain the state for their own cause and apparently willing to wage the sort of intensive political warfare which would be required for any measure of right-wing victory in the coming years...
...moratorium in word and deed. But Russia used the interim to make vast preparations for the series of Soviet atomic tests in the atmosphere that began last September. Studies of those tests have made it critically clear that the U.S. must itself resume atmospheric testing if it is to regain the huge lead it once held over the Soviet Union in nuclear weaponry. This week the National Security Council is scheduled to suggest a specific date, probably in April, for the resumption of atmospheric tests in the Pacific...
...attachment for her twin sister Judith. Judy leaves the family ranch in Southern California to study music in the East, returns a year later with a fiance in tow. Cass, studying for a Ph.D. at Berkeley, is panic-stricken. She rushes home to break up the engagement, intends to regain possession of her less brilliant but saner sister's soul, and go off with her, far away, to live happily ever after. When other methods fail, Cass attempts suicide. But Judith and her young man, already secretly married, save her life and their own happiness. Cassandra returns...