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...Board's vague inquiries as to whether anyone knew anyone who'd like to be an intern. I wasn't related to anybody in particular, and no one's guidance counselor had any prior reports on me. All these qualities made me the ideal conveyer of the collective "student viewpoint" on anything they happened to ask me about...
From the leaders' viewpoint, however, it was obviously imperative to strike at Franz and the others. The dissenters' Luther-like emphasis upon "Scripture alone" rather than official interpretation was only one threat to the foundations of the religion. Many other central Watch Tower doctrines were also at stake...
...would like, for a moment at least, to speak as an American citizen of the world. I would like to speak from the viewpoint of the international neighborhood which is unified by one fundamental, unshakeable ideal: the ideal of democracy. What this community means by "democracy" is the freedom of the individual to choose his or her private beliefs and to participate in choosing laws according to which men are equal. As I look at how American assistance abroad has sought to realize this common aspiration of man -- its heroic accomplishment in the two world wars, the Marshall Plan...
...defended the union from charges of extremism. Said Severin Blumstein, 35, a member of a Paris-based group of Solidarity exiles: "It's amazing! To have democratic countries question the right of other countries to that very same democracy they take for granted strikes me as a cynical viewpoint...
...games little boys play," he said. "The future of civilization is not at stake." He gave a strong hint of what was to become his skewed, lifelong approach to a story on his first sports assignment in 1928: covering a night football practice, he wrote the piece from the viewpoint of a glowworm depressed by the awesome competition of the field lights. Smith was exceptionally prolific, turning out five columns a week for 21 years at the New York Herald Tribune, and four a week for ten years at the New York Times. He lavished most of his attention...