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...Schlesinger saw it then, U.S. history was the story of "a perpetual tension in society, a doubtful equilibrium, constantly breeding strife and struggle." The source of that "irrepressible conflict," he believed, was "the struggle on the part of the business community to dominate the state, and on the part of the rest of society, under the leadership of 'liberals,' to check the political ambitions of business." In those days Schlesinger did not think well of businessmen-"a group that has invariably brought national affairs to a state of crisis and exasperated the rest of society into dissatisfaction bordering...
Another stinging setback for the Grand Knights came from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, which severely enjoined Klan members from interfering with the civil rights of Negroes in Louisiana's Washington Parish, whose biggest town is strife-torn Bogalusa (pop. 23,000). In a decision that may deter Klan mischief more effectively than any number of congressional investigations, Judge John Minor Wisdom warned Klan toughs all over the South that they face effective federal intervention at the smallest interference with Negroes' rights, can no longer use economic coercion and threats of violence...
Centuries of strife and poverty have made enmity a habit and cooperation a rarity in Asia. Last week the Asians took a giant stride away from the old ways and toward a spirit of mutual help. Meeting in Manila, 160 delegates from 26 nations (18 of them Asian) put the finishing touches on the long-needed Asian Development Bank launched in October in Bangkok. After intense but polite lobbying on all sides to win a nod for the location of the new bank's headquarters, the Asian delegates unexpectedly settled on Manila...
...DYLAN: HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED (Columbia). Having breathed new strife into folk music's repertoire, Dylan's muse seems a little winded, and some of his new delirious diatribes have a wheezy, hollow sound. Devotees will still enjoy his rasping version of his hit tune, Like a Rolling Stone, as well as his eleven-minute talking blues, Desolation Row, where "everybody is making love or else expecting rain...
Submitting himself to the discipline of a musical, he stuck with Golden Boy through two directors and ceaseless out-of-town strife, finally saw it become a Broadway phenomenon-a popular hit without a single popular song...