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...must be a strategic parity of nuclear forces so that neither side will venture to embark on a limited or regional nuclear war. Of course I realize that in attempting not to lag behind a potential enemy in any way, we condemn ourselves to an arms race that is tragic. But the main danger is slipping into an all-out nuclear war. If the probability of such an outcome could be reduced at the cost of another ten or 15 years of the arms race, then perhaps that price must be paid while, at the same time, diplomatic, economic, ideological...
...Court's action is "a tragic mistake because the law is clearly unconstitutional and should not be carried out indefinitely." Jim Miller, a lawyer for the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, which brought the successful case in district court before the Supreme Court stay, said yesterday Miller added that he was still "hopeful" about the eventual result, even though the Court ruled for the stay...
Before leaving Warsaw, John Paul paid unannounced visits to monuments commemorating his homeland's tragic ordeal in World War II. Accompanied only by Glemp, Franciszek Cardinal Macharski of Cracow and Vatican Secretary of State Agostino Cardinal Casaroli, the Pope visited the grim confines of Pawiak Prison, an infamous Nazi death house that has been preserved as a monument to thousands of Poles who were tortured and executed there. In a small square in front of the prison entrance, he knelt in silent prayer before a mulberry tree bearing dozens of painted metal plaques with the names of Pawiak victims...
Taylor's book is a parade of names, from Walter Gropius to Franz Werfel, two men who not only shared the same fate but the same wife, Alma. The anecdotes are diverting, and the history is brisk and precise. But Taylor's work lacks the tragic dimension of Heilbut's book. The difference is evident in the titles. It is one thing to be a stranger and quite another to be an exile, forced from a country, a tradition and a language, to become, in Einstein's phrase, "a bird of passage for . . . life...
...tacit acceptance of CIA-induced counterrevolution as an acceptable means of foreign policy points to a tragic and misguided immorality. It also represents a glaring inattention to history, by echoing the sentiments of the many Americans who believe that the only problem with the Bay of Pigs incident in 1961 was that it didn't work...