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IHAT DO I SAYTO GoVIRNMINT HIADS?

Mny t im es I have been asked," W hat do you SAY wh en youmee t a president, ki ng , pri memin ist er or high officia l of agovernment?' .I suppose s ome wou ld th ink Ishould start telling him abou t JesusChr ist, t rying to con ve rt h im . But , Iam not sent by the living God fo rany such pu rpose .I am afraid so much false " reli gion has rubbed off on some thatthey have carelessly assumed an entire ly false concept .Jesus Christ did no t come to eart hon a " soul -w i nn in g crusade ." Hecame , as prophesied in Malach i 3 : 1,as a messenger with a message forall mankind fro m God in Heaven .That message was his " gospel. "The word " go spel" means " goodnews . " Th e message God sent wa snews . It was good news about a tremendous coming wo rldwide event.Ac tually , Ch rist came announcingthat co ming event . He came G IVINGthat g lorious news - no t to getmembers for hi s religion.Th e m essage God se nt wasCh rist's gospel. Christ h imse lf wa snot the gospel. He was the messen-ger God sent to earth to announcethe good new s.Have you no t read in M ar k1: 1, 14 -15 , " the beg inning of thegos pel of J esus Christ . . . after th atJohn was put in prison , J esus cameinto Galilee, preach ing the gospel ofthe kingdom of God ."It was a news announcement.Jes us had jus t qu alif ied , by withstanding Satan (Ma rk 1: 13) , to bethe king of the kingdom of God , andto set up that kingdom . The t imehad been fu lf illed . J esus had ju stqua lified (verse 13) . And so he announced (verses 14 -1 5) th at th etime was fu lfilled, and the kingdomof God was now at hand . The t imehad come when he cou ld announce

all the governments on earth - th egovernments of th e United States ,Britain , Japa n, Russia and China , ofInd ia, Ethiopia, of Germany .Christ 's gospe l message wasnews abo ut government ove r the nat i ons of thi s w or ld . The gos pel , th en ,is about government .Th e livi ng Chr ist is send ing menow to th e rulers and leaders inthese very governments .To understand, let's go further.Wh a t is th e function of government?The fun ction of government is toru le ove r th e people of its nati on , tomaintain peace wi t hin th e nat ionand wi th oth er nations, to regul atethe lives of its people , to br in g aboutthe we lfare of the peopl e - to be abenefacto r of th e people.Government is co nce rne d wi thwo rl d condi tio ns - that is , relationsbetween governments of nations inthe worl d and with in ternal condi tio ns w ithin these coun tr ies.W hat, th en, is th e sta te of affairsin th e wor ld toda y - between nati ons, and wi thin nations? The stateof affai rs today is one of wa r andth reat of war - not of peace. It isthe sta te of more than half of all thepeo ple on earth li ving in ab ject pov erty , near starvat ion , illi teracy , uneq ua l co nd i t ions , unha pp iness ,ang uish , suffering, ho pelessness and death!Every government to day is fraugh twi th in su rm ou nt ab l e pr ob lem sg reater than the heads of govern-ment can cop e with .W hy is the kingd om of God go in gto be set up?Because only the go ve rnment ofGod , w ith the total power of Godbased on th e laws of God, can copew it h th e thou sands of prob lems besett ing th ese nat i ons and th e wh oleworld - on ly th e kingdom of Godcan bring p eace and happiness anduniversal w ell-being to th e people

of the world 's prob lems and evi ls .Jes us Chr ist came to show peoplethe way that w ould lead to peace,happin ess and prosp erity (as well asthe gi ft of ete rna l lif e) and taughtand urg ed peop le to l i ve th at wa y, aswell as to announ ce the comingkingdom of God , wh ich f inally - inour present generation - w ill takeover wo rld ru le and bring abou tpeacefu l and happ y l iving .So with th is know ledge, wh at do Ita lk abou t wh en I have meetingsw ith heads of sta te and ot hers h ig hin th e i r go ve rnmen ts?I talk about those things humangove rn me n t leaders are deal ingw ith . I talk about wo r ld cond it ions. Italk about w orld problems and th ecause of all the ir problem s, and theway to world peace , general happ iness and well -being .I act ually talk abou t Chr ist' s tru egospel message, but I don 't use the

word " gospel ". to them becauseSatan has deceived th e w hole w orld(Rev . 12 :9) w ith the counterfeitfalse " gospel," and they wou ld

gion has g iven us - w hat highereduca tion has not taught.And that , the y do want to hear.They may not kno w it , for th e wholeworld has been deceived abou t th ereal gos pel message Christ brought .But Christ's true gospel message isthe good new s - and that is precisely what I taketo each country.Do I talk to th em about " God' sLaw " ? Yes, I certainly do - but notin those words. God 's Law is theway of gi ving , serving and sha ring .The way of sin is getting and self -cen teredness. So I use the term to" g iv e as opp o sed to th e way of" get " wh ich is the way th e wo rld isl iving , and the cause of all humani ty's tr oub les and evils . Expressed inth is language, wh ich th ey under-stand, they wa nt to hea r it ! Do Imention God ? Of course! I speak ofth e God who created their nation .And I speak of his autho ri ty!Christ' s message, th e kin gdom ofGod , is concerned wi th th e waypeople live. Sin is th e transgressionof God 's wa y. For salvatio n people


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Middle East Focus GrowingIn inst itut ing the Holy Year, PopePaul is und ertaking a shrewd tact icalman euver. He is both mov ing to un ifythe divided Cathol ic church and at th esame time focusing world atte ntion onthe Vatican 's int erest in Jerusalem.The stri fe- torn and war -weary HolyCity has been in the Pope 's thought s oflate . Not long ago , Paul hai led Jerusalem as the " capital of monot hei sm ."" We look at Jerusalem w ith love , " hesta ted at anoth e r time and assuredIsrael' s Mi nister of Tourism. Moshe Kol,on his visit to the Vat ican . tha t the

church wo uld encourage Christians onvisit to Rome during Holy Year to extendtheir p i lgrimage to J eru salem . Th eIsraeli official informed th e Pope thatthe national airlines of both Israel andItaly are granting pilg rims making th eonwa rd jou rney to Jeru salem sub st antia l fare reductions. to encouragethi s spirit of " reconcilia tion. "In pro claiming th e Hol y Year, th epontiff reminded his audien ce th at th every precede nt fo r the Roman CatholicHol y Year is the Jewish J ubilee Year .The Vat ican went so far as to circulate toits Catholic dioceses worldwide an article wr itten by Rabb i Ma rc Tanenbaumentit led. " T he Holy Yea r a nd It s Originsin the Jewi sh JubileeYear."

lies and non -Catholi cs alik e wi ll assemble for a marat hon wa lk carryingpa lm and olive bra nches. The 150 -milejourney from Assissi to Rome w ill takeone week , and the part icipants w ill arrive at SI. Pet er ' s on Easter Sunda y .Some of the pilgrims will then mov e onto Jerusalem .

by Gerhard O. Marx

The position of the Roman Pont iff in Catho lic terminology . v icar of Christand successo r of th e prin ce of th eapost les. inf all ibl e w hen speaking excathedra - is increasingly be in g challenged. both insi de and outside theCatholicc hurch .There are th ose who see the Popesim ply as head of the larg est chu rc h inChr istendom , ve ry much fa llible , withno more divine aut hority backi ng h imthan any oth er religious or civ il leader.Man y wou ld like to see th e Pope di ves ted of mu ch of his powerful in flu ence over the l iv es of 600 millionCatho lics .Others , advocates of the papal claimto represent the d iv ine will, are asserting th e doctrine of papal infallibility wi thinc reasing strength . Recent ly, the Vatican 's Sacred Cong regation for th e Doct rine of th e Fa ith iss ue d a st rongstatement denouncing dissident theologian Hans Kung 's view that the Pope isnot inf allible .Papal supporters see a great need forVat ican intervention at a tim e wh en th eworld is in dire need of findin g solu t ionsto it s manifold prob lem s. Catholi cscho la r Wi lliam Peter f i, w ri ti ng in theVat ican ' s L'Osserva tore Roman o, assert s that ,.most nations approve andindeed expect the Pope to speak out onsub jects o f international prob lems because they realize that th ere is in thi sworld hardly an y oth er me aning fu lsource tha t can cla im uncorrupted morallead ership ."

Challenges and Ach ievementsThe re ign of 77 -year-old Paul VIthe 26 4 th bi shop of Rome - has not

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WHAT'S GOOD 11ABOUT THE ENERGY CRISIS?The fli p side of the cr isis coin is spe lled" oppor t un ity ." Sci enc e Ed itor RobertGinskey examines th ese benefits .

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Is London depending too mu ch uponits new energy potential? Our Britishcor responden ts repor t .

WORLDWATCH News Editor Gene H. Ho gb erg takes alook at th e curious spectacle of a worldarm ing to disarm .

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W HY DO MEN (AND WOMEN ) 6USE PROFANITY?Herbert Armst ro ng expla ins the valueof a clean heart. min d . . . and MO UTH .

NATO -THE CRUMBLING ALLIANCEErupt ions at both ends of the Medi terranean are causing anxiety in the Western world .


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NATO-THI CRUMBliNG AlllANel Positions Harden in theMiddle EastPortugal Takes Giant Leap Leftward pact can on ly be signed within theframework of an overa ll MiddleEastern settlement at Geneva, notbefo re. Egyptian sources presentlysta te tha t Israel shou ld t rust inKissinger or some form of Ameri can se t of guara ntees.Prime Minister Rabin : recent lyannounced that Israel has no needfor Ameri can defens e guaranteesan d thai she would rel y on herselffor defen se. Amer ican guarantees.emphasize Israel i officia ls, cannottake the place of Egyptian recognition of the lew ish state.The b iggest roadblock inthe wayof recognition is the fact that Egyptcann ot make any significant movein this direction for fear of alien ating Syria and the Palestine li beration Organization because of theirfirm sta nd against Israel's right toexist as a political entity.At issue then is the reconciliationof Egypt's modera te position withthat of the hardline position takenby Syria and the PlO . The latter issupported by King Faisa l who recently restated his position to a delegation o f the U.S. Hou se ofRepresentatives on a visit to SaudiArabia . He told them that a finalpeace sett lement wi th the Jews canonly come with the elimination ofthe Zion i st sta te in Palest in e andwith the return of Jerusalem toArab contr o l. He maintains thatthere are no Jewish holy places inJeru salem - only Mosle m andChri stian ones.Both of Faisal's prerequ isites forpe ac e a re unth ink ab l e to theIsraelis. Such demands lie at theheart of the " Israeli intransigence."To the citizens of Israel , the existence of their state and access totheir holiest place. the WesternWall of the T emple Mount. aremore important than territories andwritten agreements.- Mark A rmstrong

Major Power BalanceS hifl

J ER USALEM : Se cretar y ofState Henry Kissinger's latest visitto the Midd le Eas t prompted theusual speculation and talk in addition to the publi c restating of already known positions. However,app are ntly little progress was madein closing the gap be tween theIsraeli and Egypt i an views towarda second stage interim agreement.The basic problem confrontin gDr. Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy isthe fact that Egyp t i s demandingconcrete concessions from Israel inthe form of territorial withdrawalfrom Sinai 's strategic Mitla andGidd i passes and the valuable AbuRodies oilfields, which supply over50 percent of Israel's fue l needs. Inexcha nge fo r th e Is r a el iwithdrawal, Egypt is urging Israelto accept American guarantees onSadat 's behal f and to buy oil fromIran to replace the supplies fromthe Sinai wells.Israel, however, is reluc tant tobecome too reliant upon the U.S.and is not really in a position financially to affo rd oil from Iran.Th e Israelis feel that they, inturn , should receive some sort oftangible concessions f rom Egypt inexchange for withdrawal from theSin ai . Amon g th e concess ionsIsrael is asking for a re:(I ) A nonbelligerency pact ofseveral years which could not beannulled at the upcoming Genevatalks.

(2) An easing of the economicboycott against Isr ael and thosecompanies doing business with her.(3) Free passage of Israeli shipsthrough the Suez Canal.(4) An opening of the border between Israel and Egypt for tourists.President Sadat has repli ed thatEgy pt will not sign a formaJ nonbelligerency agreement until Israelhas withdrawn from all occupiedArab lands. He insists that such a

PAPHOS , CYPRUS : Ancien'mythology holds that Aphrodite,goddess of love and beaut y, wasborn out of the deep blue Mediterranean waters just east o f here. Buttoday the goddess's cherished islehas little love, and its be aut y ismarred by bombed out vehicles,and by untold acres of off-whitecanvas tents housing nearly 200.000Greek refugees.Ye t , be yond th e immedia tehuman suffering on this fabled isle,there are much br oa der implications to the seemingly endlessstruggle between the G reek andTurkish communities here.Calm Before the Storm

Less than a year ago Cyprus. thethird largest is land of the Mediterran ean Sea . was a vaca tioner'sparadise. The governmen t, headedby Presiden t Maka rios and VicePresident Rauf Denktash, steered anon-aligned cour se in the troubledwater s o f the eastern Mediterranean . Cyp rus had managed tomaint a in growing and pro fitablerelationships with both Arabs andIsraelis. Her eco nomy was growing.Newsletters and pamphlets published by the Publ ic InformationOffice painted a rosy futur e for theisland republic. At lea st so itlook ed on the surface .The dream was shatte re d in thesummer of 1974 when first Greeksand _then Turk s gave vent to thefru stration s an d fe ar s whichmounted from year after year offr ui t less negoti ations th at hadfailed to cement the two peoplesinto one nation unified in spirit andpurpose.G reek Cypriot extremists, inspired and supported by the mili

Cyprus:The Civil WarWhich Worriesthe WestOvertu res to Moscow by the newlead ership have been tendered. ASoviet fisheries minister ca lled off atrip to l isbon at the last minutefollowing revelation that the 50viets were pr essing for port facilities for their fishing fleet. At thesame time, thousands of studentsand workers demonstrated withCommunist flags crying, " Kick outNATO" in response to an allied

fo rce dr o ppin g anc ho r in l i sbon .Th e effect on NATO of Portugal's "exchange o f dictatorships"remains the most problematicalfactor as far as her alliance friendsare concerned. Possible loss of thestra tegic Azores air fields in theNorth Atlantic is enou gh to causeconsternation. With G reece andT urk ey feud in g in the eas ternMediterranean over Cyprus andvirtually dro pping ou t of the alliance, a defection from NATO byPortugal at the opposite end o f thealliance's sou thern flank couldcause irreparable harm .Portugal's Kerensky?

Back when the shape of the postCaetano government was st il l uncertain, General Spinola was compar ed to a Portuguese De Ga ulle a strong man who would graduallyachieve political freedom for hiscountry. Subsequen t eve nts haveshattered the comparison. There isa be tt er analogy: that of the weak ,unstable, but Western-oriented regime in Russia that replaced CzarNicho las and wa s in turn overthrown by the Bolsheviks. Spino lacould turn out to be Portugal's Ke-rensky. 0 '

After the init ial euphoria thatfollowed the end of the author itarian Caetano regime. a haunt ingquestion rema ined : Wou ld Gen eral Antonio Spinola, ostensibly atthe he ad of th e revolutionaryforces, be able to consolidate Porruga l into a democratic governmenton a par with others of WesternEurope?Th e answer fro m all indicationsis a firm "No:' It only appears nowthai the milit ar y dictatorship of theRighi has been replaced with a military dictatorship of the Left. Theonce-murky post-revolution pictur ebecame clear er with the recentthreat of the armed forces to postpon e the upcoming spring electionsunless given a permanent voice inru nning the co untry .All political parties associa tedwith the o ld Cae tano regime havebeen outlawed, along with any andall pa rt ies to (he political right ofth e Social Democr ati c Ce nter(CDS) , a party which correspondsto the Christian Democrats in otherWest European countries.l ondon' s Daily Telegraph has labelled the new regime a "militarydict atorship . . . domin ated by theCommunist party."Biggesf Worry - Effect on NATOPortugal's grea t lea p leftward began with the resignation of Gen eralSpinola in lat e summer. In his resignati on speech, Spinola decriedthe "new kind of slavery" that wasbeing in stitut ed . His departurecoincided with the removal and arrest of his closest advisors and therejection of his economic plans astoo cap italistic.


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by Gene H. Hogberg

Disarming DelusionsWarldllillall

long as the surprise facto r in anyat tack is not critical.Th e big question being asked bythe outside wor ld . o f course. is:Und er what circum stances wou ldIsrael re turn the occup ied territories?T he answer I go t was that Israelis prepared to give up virtually allthe captured land in re turn for genuine recognition and adequate assurances of nonbelligere nce.Aharon Yariv. minister of informa ti on . tried to define what wasmean t by a "genuine peace :' Hesaid the Arabic language had twowords for peace: (sulh) and (salaam ). Suth means the end of hostilit ies o r a truce. Salaam means an

end uri ng pea ceful relat ionshipbased on mut ual re sp ec t. T heIsrae lies rejec t the pe ace of sulhand seek the peace of salaam.I asked whether Israel wou ld accept an internationalized peaceforce to guarantee ami pa t ro l theborders.Th e answer was that patrolledbord ers ran co un te r to wha t theIsraelis rega rd as true peace. Th eywa nt open borders. full exchangeof goods. ideas and peo ple and mutua l unde rtakings. Sulh cal ls forbo rder pat rols. Salaam cal ls forco ndit ions tha t make pa trols unnecessa ry.Here . the Israelis prefer sa laam.I asked whethe r t here was anypossibility that Israel would agreeto a separate state for the Palestinians. perh ap s on the West Bank.Wh at concerned the Israelis wasthe viability of a se pa ra te Palestinian state. However. they believeth at if a n agreement cou ld beworked out between a Palestiniansta te on the West Bank and Jorda n.perhaps along the l ines of a federation. the general situation of a sepa rate state fo r the Palestini ansmight work.In any peace set tlement. com

pensation to the Palestinians forthei r homes and property would bea rea son able expec ta t ion. Israelwou ld also expect to raise the question of com pensation for the lostpropert ies of Jews who fled toIsrael from the Arab count ries.

ISRAEL SEEKSTHE PEACEOF"SALAAM"JER USALEM: Israel was the fina l sto p on my trip to the Middl eEast.It quick ly b ec ame apparent tome that. desp ite its u nity of nationa l purpose. Israel is one of themos t plu ralistic societies in theworld. The d iversity is re fected notjus t in backg rounds but in ideas

and outlooks.Few governments in the worldreceive ""more variegated. insistentand origina l advice from their citizens th an do es Israel. Yet. underneath al l the po litical nudg ing andpushing is a slow and steady heart bea t. Th er e is a manifest sense ofdange r but no sense of panic. Th esurrounding pressures register fullyon the individual and the collectiveconsciousness. but they produce noconfusio n or despair.Few nat ions today impose asmuc h austerity on th eir citizens asdoes Israel. Taxes on gasoli ne. automobiles. te lephones. tobacco. liq uor. entertain ment. elec tricity andincomes make the ta xes in theUnite d St at e s see m like smallchange. I heard a grea t manycomplaints abou t gove rnme nt policybu t no t a single comp laint abouttaxes or austerity in gene ral.The mood is somber bu t resolute . World events in recent monthshave given the Israe lis a feel ing ofgr im isolation. Th ere is a sense tha ta grea tp art of the rest of the worldwould ju st as soon hand over thesta te of Israel to the Ara bs in returnfor o il favors.Many Is ra e lis f eel they havebeen thrown all the way back to t hetime whe n they had to argue thecase for their existe nce . O ften dur ing my visi t my mind turn ed to thefamous cartoo n by David Low int he London Evening S ran dar dshortly after the fa ll of France inthe Second World War. The car

by NormanCousins

chological damage . they say. hasgonemuch deeper.Th e aid cu t produ ced a litt leAngry Turkey(Continued from paxe 3)

Th e United Na t io ns Di sarmamen t Co mm ittee ha s begun its14th yea r of deli berations in Geneva - with prospects of success asbleak as thoseof the past th irteen.

Th e representat i ve s . o f co urse . ex p res s th e us u al di ploma ticop t im ism. At least th e size of the co mmi ttee is growing. with fivenew memb er nation s jo i ni ng th e twenty -five o the r par tici pants inth e talk s. Los Angeles Times co rrespo n de n t Don Co ok. however.notes a ce rtain irony in th e makeup o f th e ne w me m bers:

" T he newcomers to di sarmament a re Ea st G e rm an y. whosemilitary forces ha v e sho t mo re peop le o n its bord ers than an y o therco un t ry in Europe: West G ermany. which ha s the largest militaryexpend i ture of an y nation in Europe ou ts ide th e Soviet Un ion :Iran . which now is engage d in th e big gest militar y buildup in theMiddle Ea st : Za ire. where a mi litary regime run s th e largest of th eA fri c an s tates, a nd Peru . whe re an other milita ry reg ime recen t lyc rus hed a n ti-gove rnme n t rioting."

Th e wo rld as a whole. if one look s a t it op enrnindedly. ismo ving in th e exact o pposite directi on o f d isarma ment . Everyw here plowsh ar es a re be ing hamm ered int o swords (J oel 3: 10).World sa les of conventiona l arms a re soa ring , a nd th e co n t a i nmen tof nucle ar wea pons is o n th e verge of be ing blown o pen. wit hnat ion s. lar ge a nd sma ll. no w th re at ening to "g o nuclear ,"It appears there is nothing the harried experts engaged in thevari ou s di sarm ament. t roop reduction, a nd continental "security"co nfere nces can do to stem the onrushing worldwide mom entum toa rm '0 the hill.

SALT (Strategic Arm s Limitation Talks) is hardl y worth asingle gra in. And the stalemated, ridicu lously labe lled East-West"MURFAAMCE" conference (Mutual Reduct ion of Force s andArmaments an d Associated Me asures in Ce ntra l Europe) . which Ia t te nd ed in Vienn a in the aut umn of 1973, could ju st as well beca lled "MORE FARCE," for a ll the good it has accomplished.

When will th e nati on s realize thai th e way to peace (whichth ey don', know - Isa. 59:8) can no t be achieved through furi ouslya r m ing for wa r - a nd talk ing hyp ocritic all y a bo u t d isarm amen to nce every one's quiver s a re full?

quarry. plu s the island state 's twomain tourist a reas o f Kyreni a andFamagusta. the latt er a lso servingas the nation's main port and ind ustrial center.If a simi lar Greek Cypriot statewe re to be fo rmed in the remai nderof the isla nd. st resse d De nktash.then the. two stares cou ld coope rateas " partne rs." No word was mentioned. however. about the returnof Greek ref ugees to their homes.prope rties. and businesses withinthe confines of the newly pro posedTurkish sta te. nor of a ny te rms ofcompensation fo r properties lost a sa result of the division.Not surprisingly. the Turk ish decisio n was mel by opposition ando utrage o n the pa rt of the Gr eek s.Despit e American and Bri tish con demnation of the proclamation.Greeks on the ma inlandand G reekCyp riots o n Cyp rus de mons tratedagainst those countries' embassiesand cons ulates. Archbishop Ma-karios. elec ted pres ident of Cyprus.announced that G reek Cyp riotswere determined to prevent the division of Cyp rus into separate segments.Denktash's proclama tion camewith the app roval of mainland Tu rkey's rulers. Ankara's supportseems to be tied to the cut-off ofU.S . mili tary aid to Turkey whichwent into effectonl y eight daysea rlier. Th e announcement was prece de d by th e cance l l a t i on ofnegotiations in Brussels betweenTu rk ish Fore ign Min ister MelihEsanbel and U.S. Secretary of StateHenry Kissinger.Dr. Kissinger. hampered by anuncooperative Congress. seems no ton ly unabl e to get serious negotiations between Tur ki sh and G reekCyp riots movi ng towar d any settle

ment. but is a lso hard pre ssed topreserve the southeastern flank ofNATO . Both allies (G reece andTurkey) are poin ting accus ing finge rs at Washington for betrayingthem. Th eir future rol e in NATO'sdefense perimeter is a t presen t a

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of the Air Fo rce navi gatio n program four times. He is teachingArab a ir forc e instructors how tofly in bad weather: '"F antas tic." I sai d."We found a destroyer ca ptainwho ran his ship ag round threetimes. We gave him the choiceo f acourt -mar tial or heading up all nava l sh ip. han d lin g tr ain ing programs in the Middle Eas t."" He was a goo d cho ice : ' Iag reed. "Aren' t you in structing alot o f Arab s in antitank wa rfare?""O f co urse. but we ha ve an excolonel in charge o f the prog ramwho has never known how to set afuse . When he was in the U.S.Army. his o utfit blew up 400 an titan k guns be for e the she lls leftth eir barrels.""Where do you find thesepeople?" I asked."W e have a com puter tha t canproduce a foul -up in a matt e r o rseco nds . If we want a radar man totra in l roo ps in the use o f a ntiaircraft missiles ,we ju st pun ch in andwe get o ur man. We j ust gave out aco ntract to an ex-majo r who sho tdown 14 of our own planes du ringmaneuvers la st yea r. Ou r leadingele ct ron i cs ex pert. an ex-ge neral.blew the circ uits on a ll ou r SACco mmuni cations system for 48hou rs. He is now installing simi la rsys tems a ll a lo ng th e . Pe rs ianGul f: '" You peop le are really on theba ll." I sa id wi th adm iration.Muldoon was very defensive ."Evcrvcn e criticizes us for theset rainin g program s. and they don 'tthink we know wha t we're do ing.But. listen, we' re not a bunch offa thead s. Do you believe we' d doanything that would endan g er o urown mil itary forces?"" I hope not: ' I said."G uess who is in cha rge o f writing all the techn ical mili tary manua ls wesend abroad?""Te ll me: '"C lifford Irving: ' 0

Gettingthe Right Manfor the Job

ART BUCHWALD

WASHI NGT ON : Th e news thatthe Defen se Depar tment was handing o ut contracts to private f irms totra in soldiers a nd ai rmen in theMidd le East to defe nd the ir o ilfield s aga inst us shoo k me up alittl e .BUl Muldoon ove r a t the Pen tago n told me no t to wo rry." Why shouldn' t I worr y?" I sai d."One day Kissinger says if theArab s strangle us we might hav e totake the oil fields. and the next dayyou peop le a re anno uncing thatyo u' re handing out contract s toteach the oil prod ucers how to copewith a foreig n a ttack.""We ' re not stupid: ' Muldoonsaid . "O f cou rse we' re train ingArab s to de fend themselves. Butthat' s par t of our ove rall stra tegy.We're teachi ng them how to shoo thig h so if they eve r have to tire atour boys they' ll miss us,"" No kidding: ' I sa id ." Look. we had to mak e a decisic n abo ut a yea r ago. Do we tra inth e oil-prod uci ng nat ions in thearts of modern warfare o r do we letsomebody else do it? Th e consen sus was tha t it was be tter for us

to get the con tracts than the Frenc ho r th e Soviets. But our peo ple decided to hi re instruct ors who didn 'tknow what th ey were doing. Forexam ple. we foun d one Air Fo rceordna nce man who always loadedmissiles on our planes backwa rd sothey would fire in the wrong d irectio n. He's been put in charge ofinstructing Arab ord n ance men onhow to arm the ir plane s." By luck we found a former seco nd lieutenant who was was hed out

been assumed tha t Canada has vas treserve s of o il in western Ca nada .In addition very promising . deve lopment projects were projected forthe Arct ic region as we ll as in theAt hab asca o il sa nd s re gi on o fnorthern Albert a .A Na tiona l Energy Board studylast November. however. shed newlight o n the situat ion . It revealedtha t Can adian rese rves were d ropping to the po int whe re Can adawill no longe r be producing moreoil th an it co nsumes by mid- 1977 only two yea rs hence. The repo rtrecomm ended that fo reign salessho uld be phased out comp lete lyby 1982.

En er g y M in i st e r D o n al dMcD onald rece nt ly sa id on a nationwide television inte rvi ew thatCanada would have to inves t 100b illion dollars in explo rat ion ove rthe next 10 year s in order to beco me an ene rgy ex po rt e r o nceaga in by 1985.Accordi ng to Ca rle to n U niver s ity p rofess or Ke nneth Nort h.ma ny Canadi an oil fields will sta rtrunning dry in 2 yea rs an d replacement s can not be found in t im e. Hea lso asser t ed that es timates of boththe Arctic reserves and the Albertao il sands have been blown ou t ofall proporti on .Also.since 1966. thesizeof Canada'sproven reserves have d ro pped froml OA bi llion barre ls to 8.5 bi llionbarrels and are dropp ing more everyyea r as use o utstrips discoverie s.The Arctic exp lora tion is j ust ini ts b eginn in g s tages wit h theamo un t of o il reserves lar gel yunknown . In th e bitter Arcti c re gions. the oil compa nies face manyprob lems.bo th f inancia l a nd physi-cal. Even if ther e are vast reservesin the Arct ic. high product ion andtranspo rtation costs will mak e itvery d ifficult for the o il companiesto show a profit eve n a t the presentinfla ted world price o f oil.T he rosy pro mises held out fo rthe Ath ab asca o il sands projec t.once hoped to be the panacea tothe energy cr isis with estim ateso r ig ina lly run n i ng as hi gh as250.000 billion ba rrels of oi l re

been estima ted at anywhe re from5% to 10% on higher grou nd and50% 10 60% in boggy low-ly ingfields. Overall y ield for Belgium isdown between 12% and 13%.Th e so und of tractors and harves t wago ns droning o n into thewinte r night has bee n commonplace . It was not unusua l to seefarmer s wo rk i n g lat e . h an d extract ing the suga r beets by thelight of their tractor head lamps.Soldie rs and stude nts were pressedinto service as farm ers raced to extract thei r crops f rom the earth befo re a heavy free ze lock ed in theirproduce .Th e extr a mac hin er y. addedmanp o we r cos ts. and additiona lfuel co nsump tion for tract or andtran sport a ll point to higher foo dcos ts in Europe.What still rem ain s an unkn ownis the ex tent o f dam age to so ilst r uc ture caused by the excessiverai nfal l. What is certa in. stated oneag ronomist. is tha t the soil has beenba dly da maged du e to the tram plin g effect o f heavy farm machine ry o n soa ked ground. T he oxygencontent o f the plow layer has beena lmos t complete ly destroyed.Anoth er agro nomist to ld me hefelt th e damag e would extend outover the next 5 10 10 yea rs with a20% to 25% loss in the expectedJu ly-Augu st wheat cro p. Sowing o fthis cro p. which norma lly followssuga r beets her e on the rota tionsched ule. has been difficu lt if not

impossible.Th e b elgische Boerenbond ( thela rgest fa rmers' org anization inBelgium) reports tha t only 40% ofthe amo unt of winter whea t sow n ayea r ago has been sown so fa r thisyea r du e to the condition o f thesoil. For winter barley the figur e isa lso way down - o nly about 60%.Belgiu m. nor thern Fr ance. theNe ther la nds and parts o f German ya re the co unt ries most se rio usly af

BRUSSELS: A reco rd amounto f rai nfall dum ped on Cen tra l Europe's farm s this past autumn hasupset norm a l ag ricultura l patt erns- and co uld ca use serious cropproblems du rin g 1975. Cent ra llylocat e d Belgium, fo r examp le. re

JO HA N NES BUR G : De va sta ting floods have recently swep tla rge a reas of Sout h Afr ica. Un prec edent ed rain s ha ve pushed theVaal. O liphant. Klip and other rivers far a bove their ban ks. forcingevacuation of tho usand s in the lowlying ar eas.In many par ts of the cou ntryfarmlands have been inundated .Th is is es pec ia lly th e case in the" Maize T riangle" - So uth Afr ica 'smajor maize producing area. As aresu lt of these flood s it has beenestimated that the 1975 crop hasbeen red uced by 30 milli on bags .

Prime Minister John Vors ter wasasked to declare the stricken townof Stande rton a disaster a rea. Dam age there i s est ima ted to be in excess o f five mi llion ran ds (7 .2mi ll ion do llars) . Air Force ando ther mi l ita r y u nit s ha ve beenca ll ed upon to he lp in evacuationsand to sup ply dri nking water a ndother relief services.- Leslie McC ullou gh

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orchidsCf-nions Philip A. Fuss III.O range Park. FLWHY DO MENlANDWOMEN)USE PROFANITY?by Herbert W . A rmstrongHave you ever been shocked and perhapsdeeply hurl to hea r for the first t ime someone you knew we ll - someone you hadhighly respec ted and honored - pouring atorrent of profa nity out of his mout h lik e agushing fire hydrant?The first time I experienced such a shockwas many years ago. I was v isiting one Sunday afternoon with a man I had known for along time. I knew him wel l - or I thought Idid . 1 knew him as a man of principles andhigh sta nd ar ds . Whi le I did not con stantlythink abo ut it, he had always been a man ofclean speech and high moral character.Then a neig hbor of his dropped in. Myfriend was outside his residence doing a littlework himsel f on his car. As soon as hisneighbor came along. sudde nly his who lemanner of speech changed. and he spewedout a torrent of profanity and filthy lan gua ge.It was like being shoc ke d unexpectedlywith a su dd en bolt of electricity. All of asu dde n he was like a totally different man .Never had he spo ken like tha t in my presence!Why? What caused the sud den change inpersonality and mann e r of speech? Imm ediate ly I noticed the neighbor was very fluentwith his profanity and dirty lan guage. It wasimmediately apparent tha t my frie nd hadbeen accustomed to using suc h languagewhen in the company of this neighbor. Hemust have known he was shocki ng me . Butwas he ashamed to let me hear such fou llanguage flow out o f his mouth ? Apparentl ynot. Certainly, he would have been moreash amed to le t his neig hbor hear him usingclean speech because ofmy presence .Why is a normal, carna l hum an beingashamed of appea r i ng "good " to those hekno ws are not " good " a nd make no profession of being so? Why do es hum an naturewant to appear evil in the presen ce of eviland good in the prese nce of good ? Ofcourse, no ne is reall y good . So me o f us. Ihope , do no t go comp letely out of our way toimp re ss o thers that we are ju s t a s evi l - justas much one of the "ba d guys" - as theyare.How oft en do people try to impress you

lettersWhat ev er physica l shape it may eventually take . I feel sure this magazine willcon ti nue to sh ape lives as it has done tomine .Spi ritually o riented world news is a mustin this diso rga nized time .Margaret Russell.Woodlawn. TXI'm writing th is letter because I wish tosubscribe to your inspira tional and uplifting magazine . As has already been demonstra ted to me your ideals have a verywo rthwhile effect in my line of work. Iwork for the Boy Scouts of Ameri ca as aprofessional Scout Executiv e. I fee l thatyour publ ication can be most helpful ininstilli ng in teen-agers a deep and abidingrespect for God and such virtu es as honesty. integrity and the belief tha t good willtr iumph over evil. .. .At first {our) a tt empt s to form Scoutunit s amo ng Portl and's delinquents metwith failure, but later using the ideal s o fPlain Truth, we were able to reach theteen-agers in the inner -city and to helpthem. Now in add itio n to camping andother outdoor activities , reading and discussing art icles i n Plain Tru th form a vitalpart of the program . On behalf of my colleag ues. I than k you for the good you havedone. Thom as Tarara,Haverhill. MAObviously it is necessary for you to cutyour production costs. Frankly. however.I'm dubi ous that pr odu cin g a physicallyuglier magazine will help you to reach thela rg e circulation you are striving for . .. .You see. most peop le th row away le ss a ttract ive magazines - and thu s lose a cer tain referral value. . . .I have been in the maga zine business.and believe me a less attractive pi ece o f

Also. in my selling experience. I neverknew but two publications ou t o f hundr eds. pr inted on such paper. tha t everachieved a rem arkable circulation figure .. . and you are trying to achieve "aremarkable figure."However, tough the situa tio n may be.one cannot CUi quality in any manner andreach you r present expec tations.Why not go ou t and lo ok at the " ragsheets" on the racks. Such pub l ication s.almost without exce ption. a re forced touse ads and sensationalism to crack thenut.Realistically. if yo u cut your q uality youmust also cut your expec tat ions down. Ilike your publication. otherwise I wou ldno t be concerned enough to give a reply.W. C. Ma rler.South Pasaden a. CA.. . We commend you r uncompromi singstand aga i ns t these blith ering. mediocre.spineless. libera l milk sops. who pass them

selves off as theologians. pastors and ministers of God . Amid st the bleeding heartromanticism of the sniveling humanistsand the mechanistic dehum anizati o n ofcurrent scientism. debauched by the rationalizations of a pagan technocra cy . yourmagazine, the Pla in Troth. as well a s yourextraneou s pamphlets. sh ineout as a ray ofrevealed sunshine in a world enshroudedby the d arkness of sin.T his brings us to the poi nt of this letter.We would desire to have our institutionplaced on your mailing list. Please sendyo ur magazine to Easte rn Mennonite College Library. Th ank you for your kind attention . Gary Harkins.Media Relations Directo r.Harrisonb urg, VA

I enjoy reading your magazine but I dofeel that many of your a rt icles have a ten dency to wander befo re mak ing theirpoi nt. Also. I feel that the re ad er is pre

feeli ng because I feel you do ha ve a veryimportant message to bri ng. but I wouldl ike to see a few more intellectuall y challeng ing ar ticles.

It is very d ifficult for me to und ersta ndwhat progress can be made in India byyour speaking to these peo ple in Bombay.India is evide ntly very devoted to develo ping the nuclear bomb and all other irnplement s of warfare, and no t concernedwith its starving millions.Please understand. Mr. Armstrong. that Iam not attacking you in any way. It' s ju stthat I f ind i t difficult to reconci le the pathIndia is treadi ng and you r speaking tothem abo ut peace . goodwill. love. andcompas sion. when it is obvious their willsand minds are ded icated to the oppositeway.I do hop e thi s letter is delivered to youand that perhaps yo u would write somethin g explaining th is very baffling situa tion. I sincerely hope this finds you. Mr.Rader.a nd all in the best of health .Mrs. Charles Too raen.Shreveport. LouisianaConcerning you r editoria l in the Jan uaryissue. I think it was written in a n unobjective manner. contr ary to wha t the name ofyour magazine impli es.Anyo ne can take excerpts from a book.

and by taking them out of con text makethe book seem to be the most decadent and .irreverent book ever written , including theBible with its tal es of incest. prostitution.e tc.A book ca nnot defend it se lf unle sspresented in its entirety. Therefore it iseasy for someone with a certain lack o fintelligence or imaginat ion to give a seemingly sou nd argument against it. I havebeen enjoying Plain Truth for many yea rsso I know you do not lack intelligence .Perhaps you only lack a sense of fairness .or of open-mindedness.You say. since prayer is not a l lowed inschoo l. neith er should pornography be.Nobody outl awed the Bible in schoo l, onlythe by-product. Likewise. these booksshou ld not be banned. but orgie s in classroom s should.I realize this letter may make me seemirreverent. Nothi ng could be fu rther fromthe truth . It is simply that I hate to seecensorship and yellow jou rnalism any


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Developmentof Student Valuesin Higher Educationb y George T. GeisAssoc. Dean of Students - Ambassador College

What Spu tnik did to mat hema tics. science.and fo reign language in the college cu rriculum. Watergate will do to concern aboutva lue develop ment and to e th ica l matu rity.In the educat iona l ci rcles I find such o pin ions are find ing steady expression. Interest inthe mora l development o f human be ings isacute. Belief that higher education has somecons iderable responsibi lity in the facilitationof value solidifica tion of the college studentis on the incr ease .In this article I'm nor going (0 a rgue thathigher educa tio n do es have a deep respo nsibi lity to fulfill in helping stude nts com e toe thical maturity; I'm going 10 assume it. Persona l ly I deep ly believe tha t such is that caseand want to address myself to what colleg esand univers ities can do abo ut i t.What sho uld the approach of an institution of higher learn ing be in hel pingstudents c lar ify and solidify values? Whatsteps ca n be taken for such a process toindeed occur on the campus?The co llege a pproach to va lue cla ri fication mu st avoi d two extrem es, Th e firstext reme is indoctrina tion . Free cho ice (no tforced o r eve n excessiv ely pressured) fromamong alternatives. after each alternativehas be en ca ref ully we ighed . is vita l to mature charact er development. Stud ents needto be free to build the ir own character andshould not be pressured or indoctrinatedinto bui lding a Iyp e of compulsivec haracterthat actually arre sts the development of e thica l matur ity.

As Peck and Havighu rst so a rt iculatelyexpress this matt er:I I is temptingtv ClUJ' and insidioustvgrall/I'ing 10 "mo ld " children (or evencollege students) or 10 u'hip them intotine by exercising one:f superior st atusand authori ty as an adu lt. I I is o ft enpersonally inconvenient to allow children time to debate alternatives, and itmay be personally frustrating if theirchoice contradicts one's 0 11" preferences. If there is any selfish. sensitive"pride" at stake. if is v el)' hard fo r/1/ 0 SI adult s to refrain f rom controllingchildren ill all aut ocratic manner.Then. 100 . tikr till)' dictatorship, itlook s "more efficient " - to the dictato r,at least. However, the effect 011 character is ( 0 arrest the development ofrational judgment and to create suchresentments as prevent the growth ofgenuinely altruistic impulses. For thou sands of ye ars . the long-term effectshave been ignored and sacrificed /0short-term adu lt advantages. most ofthe time . Probabtv it is no accidentthat there are relatively Jell' peoplewho are, or ever will become, psychologi ca ll y and ethically ma ture (Th e Psychology of Cha racte r Development.p. / 9 / ).This is not to say , however. tha t the college or uni versity should not stand for " instituti onal" values which are the bu lwark o f itsraison d'e tre . Thi s leads us to our secondextreme to be avo ided in a colleg e's approach to facilitati ng mature val ue j udgments in its students.Ther e is inde ed lill ie chance that the college enviro nmen t will lend suppo rt to thevalue integrat ion of its student s if it itselflack s suc h integration . Any institution ofhigher learn i ng must have overall found ational values tha t thorough ly pervade theenvironment of the campus. Whether we' re

refe rring to the values of honor a nd dutyespoused at a military aca demy or to thevalues of Christian character at a churchre lated college, the institutio n mu st firm lystand for something. something tha t it pur po rts to impa rt to its students . When aninstit u tion becomes defens ive relative to itsinstitutional values . then its effec tiveness invalue transm ission is g re at ly hindered . Ahigh level of expectancy in these institutional values 10 which studen ts struggle toatta in must pervade the campus atmosphere.If we assume institutiona lvalues to whichthe administrat ion and facult y a re deep lycomm itted and also a deep be lief in thepersonal freedom and responsibility of theindividual s tudent to come to his own set o fvalues. how does an institut ion proceed todevelop a plan so that value solidification inits students indeed takes place?A first step that many co lleges fail to givesufficient atte ntio n or commitmen t to is thedevelo pment of a model of student maturity.What will be the charac teristics o f the valu eintegrated. mora lly ma ture graduate of thecollege? What qualities shou ld the studentpossess to be fully ab le to un leash his potentia l a s a human being? Many such modelsare ava ilable. but it is up to the part icularcollege or university to build its individ ualmode l and to work to gai n the exper t ise toassess where the stude nt body as a wholeand wher e students as individu als are relative t o this mod el.I perso nally fee l tha t whi le a goa l o f thetraditional ph ilosop hy 101 course of fifteenyea rs ago was to knock down the provincia lhome and community values. our typicalfreshman entering college in 1975 basica llynee ds help in imm ediately beginn ing 10 solidify his values. He has already been largelyexpose d to the value confusion rampant inthe world of the schizophren ic seventies.Thirdl y. the college must go about thebusiness of systematica lly providing for the

varied experiences specifica lly planned 10help the stude nt grow in terms of the ma turity model. T hese experiences will involvepeer -pee r interactions. whe re. for examp le.j unior and senio r residen t assistants car efullyse lected on [he basis o f maturity will serve asmodel s with whom underclass students ca nidentify and interactFacult y-st udent a nd administrat ion student interaction will be carefully des ignedto provide for specific experiences des ignedfor st udent growth in the maturity mode l. Alecture r should not be hesitant to incorporate his person al value system into his instruction. However. he re aga in. the appro achis not one of indo ctri nation . but one of challenging and inspi ring the st uden t to continually eva luate and reorganize his personalvalue system.It is perh ap s the facu lty mem b er whoalone can best mediate the values of theinst itution. How this can be skillfully done isin itself another subjec t o f giant scope andcanno tb e adequately dealt with her e.Sma ll in ter ac ti o n di scu ss io n gro upsshou ld also be sched uled with the specificpurpose o f accomplishing growth along thestude nt ma turi ty mode l in a systematic way.Students a lso need info rmat i on on the processes of value solid ification. decis io n mak ing, etc. T his will gi ve them insight as to theprocesses that a re occurring withi n them asthey are developing thei r value s on a pa rticular issue.T he college must have a contin ual commitmen t to provide these crea tive and en riching expe riences tha t will help producest uden t maturi ty. It must be willing to evaluate . to disca rd wha t doesn 't wo rk. and toimp rove what does . Per haps what is neededmost of all is a non -cyn ical idealism rootedin the conviction of the great worth anddignity o f helpin g stude nts gain the ethicalmat urit y to harness their fath omless worthas hum an beings. 0

Ambassador CollegeAt Ambassador College students learn the meaning and purpose of human life. They learn lasting values, values thatmake life truly happy , fulfill ing and worthwhile. As character building institutions, Ambassador Colleges at Pasadena,Cali fornia and Big Sandy , Texas teach students how to live, as well as how to earn a living.


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Will It Rescue Britain?by Peter Butl er an d David PriceLONDON

T he water s around Br it ain 's north east coas t are sto rm -torn andtreacherous. In winter, shippingis ravaged by howling 100 m .p .h . gale sand lashed by tow ering waves. Yet it isprecisely in thi s desolat e sector of theNorth Sea that men are fighting theelements in search of th e oil whic h willg ive Br ita in hope for th e future .Nort h Sea oil is t he cata lyst upo nwh ich all opt imism tha t Br itain can pullth rough her present desperate eco nomic st raits is based . In Wash ington inJanuary. Prim e Mi nister Harold Wilsonref lected th is op timism when he forecast that Bri ta in would reach self-sufficiency in oil by 19 80 : " A Brita in builton coal and surrounded by oil w i ll bemaking a major contribu t ion to the solut io n of the wor ld 's energy and economicpro blems."Bu t is Britain 's futu re really that rosy?W ill North Sea oi l pro ve to be the pan acea to all the na tion 's problems?

l iving in th e Realm ofFantasy

The No rth Sea is now recogn ized asone of the wo rld 's most prolific oil-bearing regions, and Bri ta in ' s sha re of thetotal reserve s comprises at least tw othirds of th e whole . By the 19BOs. 15 0million ton s o f oil - worth $ 10 .5 bil lion - are sche dule d to be broughtasho re each year.Yet when compared with tota l worldreserves, the North Sea oil fields aremi niscu le. Though th eir importance toBritai n and Europe mus t not be und er

gaging the oi l reven ues before a drop ofcrude comes asho re .Economist Pet er Oppenheimer warnstha t th e " oil boom" wo uld create a

growt h rate of only 1V2% in 198 0 , andthese figures " cannot possibly justifybor rowing abr oad on the present scalefor a period of years in ord er to sustaindomestic consumer spending ." Oppenheimer asked the question : " Is thegovernment l ivi n g in the realm of fan tasy with rega rd to North Sea oil?"As if to answer that question , Edmun d St i llman , Dir ect or of the Parisbased Hudson Inst i tute of Europe com mented as far back as Ma y 19 74 : " Thenotion that North Sea oil wi ll save Britain isperhaps one in a longseries of evasi ons ofreality used by thi s country to avo id confro n t ing the harsh economic problems ofcompetition in the mod ern world ."

Oil and the National istsBut if the government in london is

living in a realm of fantasy, the ScottishNationa lists are not. To them , Nort h Seaoil. nearly all of which li es of f the Scotti sh coastline, is a political godsend . Ithas become the kingpin in the ir d r ive forsecession from t he United Kingdom .The Scot tish Nationalist Party makesno bones about who it believesto be theright fu l owner of the North Sea reserves . Acco rding to the SNP , " Thel o nd on smash and gra b of Scotland 'soi l is causing the maximum of social andenvironmental damage wh i le bringingth e minim um of economic benefit " toScot land . Th e National is ts have no


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Wha t coul d London do in suc h a situat ion ? The scenario sti r s up unpleasantmemor i es of the sti ll unresol ved Hhodes ia probl em - but thi s tim e righ t onEngland ' s doorstep ,

Threat of PollutionOf lesser sig nificance polit ically andeconomica lly . yet in human and eco log ica l te rms of great ser iousness. is the

threat of o il-borne po l lution of the NorthSea and its Brit ish and continentalcoas tlines .This issue has, to date . been l i ttle

publicized. Yet it cannot be ig nored .Prospecting and drill ing is tak ing placein some of the most storm-tossed waterson eart h .The North Sea is a proli fi c f ishingzone . It s wate rs was h th e entire eastcoast of Brit ai n and th ousands of mil esof Europ ean coastline . A major accidentcoul d result in a c atastrophe of nationaland eve n in ternational proportion s.Yet critics of th e No rt h Sea operat ionscla im that very l ittle has bee n do ne tosafeg uard against suc h acc idents . A" U. K . off shor e operations and eme rgency action group" has been set upjo in tly by the oi l companies in cooperation w it h the Department of Trade andIndustry . But o f what use is 22 .000 gal.Ions of dispersant stored in the Shet landIs lands and at Abe rdeen against a majoroil p latform calam ity?" If the costs and benef its of d ri l l ingfor oi l in th e No rth Sea are examinedho nestly ," repor ts Dr. Norm an Sanders ,assis tant pro fessor of geograph y at th eUn ivers ity of California, " it is plain th att he oi l sho u ld be lef t in pla ce until offshore drilling and spill contro l tec hno logy are be tter deve loped . Righ t nowit is a ce rtainty tha t oi l wi ll spill ."Dangers also arise f rom the politica lly

" The notion that North Sea oilwil l save Bri tain i s perhaps onein a long series of evasions ofreality used by t hi s count ry toavoid confronting the harsh econo-

ernrnent hopes of self-su fficiency in oilby 1980 ?Seve ra l factors have aris en in the lastyear to cast a shadow over th ese pro s

pects. Thi s winter. though on e of th emild est on record. pro ved particul arlyt reacherous on th e No rth Sea wheret he re was little respite from ga le for cew inds and ferocious seas. Resultant setbacks in the t imetab le - sometimes ofseve ral months - we re inevita bl e andcostly .Bu t on top of this have c ome t heprob lems of gove rnmental inte n tion asto the extent of state con trol of th e oi lf ields and the leve l of tax atio n .Fearing burdensom e government in

tervention. many of th e g ian t oi l compan ies developing th e British secto r ofthe Nor th Sea hav e slowed down th eirop erati on . They reason that if th e rat e ofpetroleum revenu e tax decided upon byth e government we re set to o high itwo uld prohib it th e econom ic deve lop ment of ce rtain of th e marginal o ilfiel ds . As a result th e North Sea oi l enterp r ise in Br it i sh waters has probablybeen set back by month s.The petro leum revenue tax was , infact. recentl y decided upon at a rate of45 per cen t. a rate considerably morefa vo ra b le to the oi l compan ies tha n previous ly expected . On to p of this . suf ficient safeguard s are to be given toensure the eco nomica l developmen t oft he marginal fields, and a safe ty net isp lanned in case of a col lapse in the pri ceof wo rld oi l. But th e factor of a p robabl e5 1 percent monopol y state ownershipremains.

That th e government in sists on takinga majority share is bad enough in th eeyes of th e oil firm s. W hat is wo rse isthe fact that the gove rnme nt hopes toput up the massive capit al sum fo r th isshare , not in advance , but later , on aninsta llment basis f rom its share of th ecrude oil product ion .Understandably. the oi l companiesare fa r f ro m happy with these proposals

and can be expected to bargain hardove r the final deta ils .

Bonanza or Bust?

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Correspondent Pr ice files this reportaher a recent tou r o f Sco t land 's boom -ing oil industry area. There he wasprivileged to talk w it h governm entofficials. bankers, industria l ists , an dNorth S ea o il an d gas engineers .EDINBURGHI t is st imulating and exci ti ng to visitScotland these days . There is abuoyancy and conf idence in thea ir tha t is in fec t ious . The gen eratorof all t his is th e No rth Sea oi l and gasboom .Even among those Scots who don ' tvote Scottish Nationa list . there is a prideand a resurgence of fee ling for thing sScottish . The oil bo nanza has broughtth e opportun ity to rewr ite some of themistakes of the past for w hich the nation is sti ll suffe ring.For many years the centra l govern ment in Lo nd on has trie d to stimu latethe Scottish eco nomy . It has p roven tobe a very d ifficult task . Prio r to the oilboom , unemp loyment in Scot land wasconsistent ly far hig her tha n the Britis haverag e - sometimes twice the rat e.Of lat e, massi ve inducements hav ebeen mad e to encou rage f irms to relocat e in Scotland . These include gra ntsfor buildings and machi nery , removalcosts, cash grants for each new em plo yee . ren t concessions, tax allow anc es , employment premiums , an dtraining courses .Now w ith th e oil boom under wa y,new ind ustry is moving in at a qu ickening pace, th ough the unemploymentproblem has by no means been licked .Only 30 ,000 jobs have been createddirectl y or ind irectly due to North Seaoil. (The total w orking population isabout tw o mi ll ion .) But the 0 "1 boommeans more t han the present employment figures.There is a strong feeling among Scotsand for eign businessmen that the country has a powerful econom ic base onwh ich it can bu ild and w ithstand a recession . A new techno logy is beingforged to equip the oi l exploration andexploitation teams . Th is put s Scotlandi n a good posi tion to hel p in other areas

impelled into areas not onl y wi tho ut pre vio us inh ab itants but oft en wi thout roador rail. Hundreds of wo rkers mu st bebrough t in and housed .Sco tl and has on ave rage onl y a fi fthof the popu lation den si ty of England .Mu ch of the country averages onl y oneperson per square mile . With th e construction of motorways an d rail communications serving the whole nation .th ere is a hum of excitement like that ofa new Yukon. Urgent construction ofnew roads to the no rth and northeastwill serve Aberdeen , Inverness. and Invergordon .

The ChallengeThe infusion of capita l and industryin to the Sco ttis h economy, which fo r solong has been neglected , is a we lcomefill ip but also a challenge .Th ere is more in vol v ed th an ju st thepossibility of a new , fab ulo us raqs-to riches sto ry . Scotland at last has achanceto rewrite the last two centuries of blood ,

sweat, tears and oppression . The boo ming ind ust ry of the eighteenth and nineteenth centu ry that impe lled wo rkers intot he fac tories and shipya rds of G lasgowleft a t remendous scar still present today.The forcestha t d rew peop le from the landwe re also strong enough to disintegrateth e fami ly bonds and socia l standards ofsucceeding gen erat ions .The repopulating of new areas br ingsthe same chal lenge today as tw o hundr ed yea rs ago . Families mus t be decently housed . And above all thereneeds to be an involvement of workerand manager together in joint pro jectsthat t ranscend the class barriers. Withup to ten new f irms start ing each monthin Aberdeen the re is an opportunity tocement fi rm worker-manager relationships before they can harden i nt o t heinternecine ind ustria l warfare that hasso characterize d the British industrialscene of recent year s.Then there is the environmen tal challenge . In ten or f ifteen yea rs some fearthat a tempo rary boo m wi ll have leftcertain areas as ug ly , empty hul ks and perh ap s also wi th a mo nstrousunemployment pro blem .


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What's GoodAbout theEnergy Crisis?by Robert GinskeyJu s t over a yea r ago . Americans encounter ed what many hop ed was only a baddream - the energy crisis. Th e Ara bs cut offou r o il . and suddenly we were faced with thereality of soa ring gas prices. nagging worriesabo ut fu el shortages in the winter. and persistent doubts tha t the eco nomy co uld

emerge unscathed .Now . a yea r later. the energy crisis is stillvery muc h with us, and many of OUf forebodings abou t the economy have come t ru e,even if widesprea d gas rat ioning has not ye toccu rred.Like it or not. the ene rgy crunch is goingto be present fo r many years. and indeed,was develo ping lo ng before the Arab s convenient whipp ing boys that they are made it painfully acute.Of course, the energ y crisis is usually conside red "bad " - bad for the consumer, badfor indust ry, bad for the economy, bad fo rthe GNP.But. the ene rgy crisis also bas good aspeets: The crisis in energy and resources willforce consumer s to do something unprecedented - cons ider tomorrow . A forced return to a mode st life-style could help brin gabout more solida rity within the family,neighborhood, city. and nat ion .If we heed the energy warnings: Th rift and fruga lity will agai n becomerespectable . Co nspicuous consumption ofva lua ble goo ds , incl uding co nspicuouswastefulness, will be unaccep tab le. Themor e abundant life will be challenged . Thegood life will be see n as somet hing morethan incessant acquisition of material gad gets andcommodities. T he " growth ethi c" will be reco nside re d, if no t dethron ed . " Planned obsolescence" and the modem Ame rican credo,

by George Ritter

"The re's plenty mo re where that camefrom : ' will be replaced by the ancient adage : "Make i t do, use it up, wea r it out." Less noi se po llution will resu lt fromfewer pla ne flights and cars on freeways.And there will be less noise from hom e appliances, ai r conditioning, etc. Th ere wi ll be less light poll ution, gaudyadv ertising signs and hence we will expe rience a more tra nqu il environment. Mass tran sit - long delayed - may become a necessity rather than the preferenceof a few "ec ofreak s.' G as rationing , short ages. and voluntary cutbacks will encouragesharing rides and may force neighbors to getreacquai nted. The 50-55 m.p.h . ra te on highways is contributi ng to lower acciden t anddea th rates. T he crisi s in no nre newa ble ene rgysources will accelerate research in to renewable energy sources - sun, wind , geo therma l, tides, e tc. Th ese sources a re NON -polluting. Lowe r thermostats and less air conditioning may mean bet te r health. with lessd ras tic changes between the outside worldand insid e environmen ts. A slower pace of life may mea n a " frontporch revival." Th e o ld chair and wickerrocker may eme rge as a solution to less a ircondi tion ing. Walking will ma ke a comeba ck andmay even be considered "patriotic ," r athertha n an act of social devia nce.It's good that the energy crisis - whichwas inevitable - came now, when on ly 17%of ou r oil comes fro m the Middle East,rath e r tha n later . when Am erica wou ld beeven mor e dependent on uncerta in sou rces.Th e U.S. eco nomy can now be bolsteredsignificantly relative to othe r nations becausethe Americans a rc mor e self-sufficient in energy than coun tries such as Japan and thosein Europe.Th e ene rgy crunch is providing a uniqu etest o f American cha racter: Wil l the pu blicbe willing to change its life-style? WillAmericans unite and face a national crisistogether?

Grea t disasters o ften evoke the best inmen - cooperation, sacrifice. togethern ess oJ the wo rst. Th e snowba lling energy crisiswi ll be a case in poin t. 0

111- Btritlby Stan ley R. Rad er

BOMBAY : Mr . Herbert Arm st rong and I have been here for a lmost a week,and onc e again we hav e a rr ive d in time for a local political-industr ial cris is and amaj or wave of a n ti-Ame rica n feeling in th e wake of the Unite d S tat es gov e rnmen t dec ision to sell arms to Pakistan aga in a fter a ten-year sus pe ns io n.

Indi a, of course, reca lls only too vividly th a t American a rms ha ve been usedtwice against India and its peop le,

Thi s reopening of old wound s between the United Sta tes and India essentially compe l led us, upon the advice and counsel of our many friends in NewDelh i and Bomb ay, to cancel a major publi c appearance by Mr. Arm st rongbefore an expected crowd of 25,000 people, scheduled for Ma rch I (and nowrescheduled for November 28, 29, and 30) .

N eve rthe less, we completed our other scheduled activities in Bombay, whichcalled for speeches by Mr. Armstron g before local civic organizations. In thosemeeti ngs. it was difficult for us to avoid sha rp questioning abou t the increasedten sio n tha t the United Stat es arms decision has prod uced in the already delicaterela tions hip between Ind ia and its ne igh bor Pakistan.

The motives and policies of the United Sta tes governmen t in these troubledtimes a re a matter of great conce rn to peoples everywhere, We are always askedabout our views of United State s policy in the Middl e Eas t; Mr. Kissinger's ro lein creating, Sha ping an d di recting policy; the chances of a new conflict betweenthe Arab states and Israel ; a nd the possibility o f a major confrontation betweenthe two superpowers.And now that the major de fendants in the Watergate Trial have beenconvicted and sentenced, there is aga in enhanced interest in the Watergate affairand its meanin g for America . its politi cal system, its processes and its future as astan dard fo r dem ocrat ic institutions in the rest of the world.In my last column I add ressed myself to the possibility tha t Mr. Kissingerwas about to change his ga me plan. Now tha t Mr. Kissinge r has in fact completed his most recent visit to the Middl e East, as well as his rend ezvous with Me.G romyko in Ge neva , the Shah of Iran in Zurich, and President Gisca rd d 'Estaingin Paris, it seems to me that a major breakth rough is immin ent , a nd it willinvolve the coop era tio n of the two major powers. the United States and theU.S.S.R.It is becoming increasingly clear that the United State s will cont inue to dowha t it can to support the conservative Arab -ves ted interests and that the stepsthat the United States has taken recentl y in the Ara bian Sea a re designedspec ifically to support Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Sultanate o fOman, Kuwait and o the rs.

Fu rthermore, Mr. Kissinger 's proposal of sett ing a floor und er the price ofcrud e oil is designed to br ing about a stab le condition for both the industrialized


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by John R. Schro eder

January 24 ma rked the ten th anniversaryof the death of Winston Churchill - the manof the century . Ten yea rs ago Sir Winstonwas the subjec t of the Personal in the February Plain Truth. followed by a full-lengthfeature ar ticle in March ("T his Was TheirFin est Hour").More recen tly. majo r magazines havebeen publi shing articles commemorating thehundredth anniversary of his birth in Blenheim Palace (Nov. 30. 1874). Churchill centen ari e s in many Ame r ican an d Britishmagazines have more than adequately covere d t he mountaintop experiences in the lifeof the man generally credited with stavingoff the Naz i war machine in the criticalmonths and yea rs be for e the United Stalesentered World War II.

that no exerc ise of my own feeble wit andstrength could save me from my enemies.an d that without the assistance of tha t HighPower which in terferes in the ete rnal sequence of causes and effects more o ften thanwe are always prone to admit. I cou ld neversucceed . I prayed long and earnestly for helpand guidance. My prayer. as it seems to me.was swirtly and wonder fully answered " (M )!Ear(v Life, p. 290).Nearly a hal f cen tu ry late r. S ir Winstonwas moved to give thank s to Providence atthe conclusion of ye tanother war. With deepemo ti on he resolved "Tha t this House donow .. . give humbl e and reverent thanks toAlmighty God for deliverance f rom Germandomination." God was given official thanksand honor in Parl iament fo r the allied vic

Britain's DwindlingChurch Attendanceby Chris Carpente rLONDO N: A recent article in the LondonTimes gave some interesting reaso ns as towhy Christianity seems to be on the decl inein Britain . The articl e. by Walter James.said : "The curren t decline of the Christianchurches has been ascribed to many things materialism, the rise of science. urb an civilization. linguistic philosophy are some ofthem. It is perhaps a sign of how fai thlessChristians have become tha t few app ea r toconsider whether their failing power in part sof the West may not be owed to the disfavor.

and hence the inaction . of God himself."A recent survey by the Evening S tanda rdshowed tha t Sunday atte ndance at church.especiallyin London' s inner boroughs. was at avery low level. "Many of the lofty Anglicanchurches:' the paper said. " buill to uccom modate large Victorian families. have becomeecho chambers for the fa i th ful few." OneChelsea church. for insta nce. had one hundr edpeop le in attendance . Itcould have held 1200.One reaso n for the fall-off in attendance incentral London is the shiflo f population to theouter suburbs. Nonetheless. min isters find thesituat ion discoura ging. One said. "Whenthingsareright . people don 't gotochurch: butwhen things go wrong. they go to God : 'Maybe with the deteriorating econo mic situation. religion will experience a boom.Walter James had the following comments to make on the declineo f Christianityin England: " If the strength o f Christiani tyin a pari of the wo rl d is gauged by countingheads - not perhaps the best test. but onemade by all the churches - then Christia nityis clearl y weake ning in England . InEngland .we perh aps live in da ys when thedivine grace flows thinly: ' 0

Optimistic BritonsHope to "SmileAway"Nation's Doldrums

LEIGHTON BUZZARD , ENGLAND ,Jan . 9. 1975. (Reu ter): A group of opt imistic villagers in this small country town have


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already retu rned to earth. he warnedtha t they " be not soon shaken inmind. or be troubled . neither bysp irit. nor by wo rd . no t by letter asfrom us [some wou ld apparentlystoop to forgery f or p ro of of theirclaims to spiritual greatness] . as thatthe day of Christ is at hand , le t noman deceive you by any means : forthat day sha ll notcome. except therecome a falling away fi rst . . "(II Thes . 2 :2 -3) .The chu rch w as warn ed the rewo uld be pretenders to exalted spiri-tual calli ng and was given specificins truct ions on how to PROVE thetruth of t heir claims , " Beloved. beli eve not every spirit , but try the spirits wh ether they are of God ; becauseman y false proph ets are gone outin to th e world " (I John 4 :1) . And ." If there come any un to you . andbri ng not this doc trine. receive himno t in to your house. neit her bid himGod-speed " (II J ohn 10 ).Since my Bibl e plain l y tell s meNoah , Moses. Je remiah . Jonah. Elijah and all other of th e pat riarchsand prophet s are DEAD and BUR IED(Heb . 1 1: 13) . I always view with al ar ge deg ree of s kept ic ism theclaims f rom people who claim to beone of these individuals .When one claims to be Christ . Iinstantly determine whether. in fact,the great tribulation and the heavenly s igns have occurred. whetherthe Day of the lo rd has been fulfilled . and whether the battle of Ar mageddon has occurred . as well asthe seven last plagues and the greatearthquake desc ribed in the book ofRevelation and in Zecha riah 14 .If one claims to be one of the" two wit nesses" - the two humanbeings said to be the cause of manygigantic wo rld up heavals in the fu-ture - it is not quite so simple amatter to mere ly compare theircla ims wi th scripture and come to a

these past decades) serves to provean important point.When you mix th e th ree: humannature with its enormous vanity , the

tremendous number of people whoare mentally disturbed . and religion .you have almost an automatic recipefor the eme rgence of thousands ofwould -be " witnesses. " Elijahs, anda Moses or two . liberally spri nkledwith many who claim to be Christ.Please don 't misunderstand . If aperson is truly mentally sick, thenthey need help and lov ing care , I dono t speak here of the acu tely mentally i ll - and I am not awa re th atany of the cla imants to the office ofJ esus Chris t nor any of those whohave cla imed to be " th e two w itnesses" (including the three personswh o showed up at our adm inistrat ion bui l d ing and proudl y announced tha t TH EY were the twowi tnesses) were totally mentally i ll .Perhaps, given enough t ime . theentire group of " two witnesses "wou ld resolve itself int o some semb lance of sanity . At least . each" other " of the " witnesses" wou ldhave to agree that each of the otherswere equally sincere. be lieving theirown special calling was unique. andjust as dedicated to the idea of beingone of the "two witnesses " of Revelation 11 as were all the rest. (Thep rophecy abou t the " t w o w it nesses " indicates they will have thepower to cal l down plagues on theearth and to wi thstand the " beastand the false prophet" for 3Y2 yearsin Jerusalem . before f i na ll y bei ngki lled as martyrs .)Jesus warned i t wou ld be so ,He said. " Take heed that no ma n

deceive you . For many sha ll come inmy name , say ing . I am Chr ist; andsha ll dece ive many .. . and manyfalse prophets shall rise. and shalldece ive many" (Ma t. 24 :4 . 5 , 11 ).Wh en the apos tle Paul heard

have become commonp lace para pherna lia associated w ith vario usre ligions. In one instance. it m ightbe shaving the head ut terl y ba ldand wa lking abo ut barefoot , bereftof clo thes save only for a sheet.which passes for a " robe."Elsewhere. it may be nothing bu ta loincloth wh i le the worshippersta res endlessly at the sun whichcauses tota l blin dness in on ly a fewmoments. be lieving ferven tly thisuseless exercise is somehow " pleasing to God ,"But why is it that in the " Christian"re ligion . there are enough weirdos.oddballs. nuts . scatterbrains. idiots .nincompoops. imbeciles . and boobsto populate bedlam?I' ll tell you wh y . One of the greatest motivating influences in humannature is vanity! (See Ecclesiastes1 :2 .)One of the greatest aff lictions intoday 's chaotic world is that of men ta l disturbance . Every other hospitalbed is occ upied by a mental pat ient.and, thi nking only of the eno rmousnumbers of peop le who are distraught. dis turbed . addled . unable10 cope . schizophrenic. paranoid . oraff licted w ith " dement ia praecox"

Garner Ted ArmstrongPIAKS 0 I!

Hsaid his name was JesusChrist. .I di d n' t believe him . "Getout of my office," I said . Helooked at me in start led amazement.As I rose from my desk . I fi rmlyclasped him by the arm and showedhim the door. " Is this the way youreceive me? " he asked . " W ha tmakes you think I am receiv ingyou? " I rep lied . " I am escorting youou t of my office! " W it h that . theman who claimed he was Jesus wasshown to the outside door.In my more than twenty years inth e ministry . I have had various andsundry E li jahs. Jonahs. Jeremiahsand even possibly an apostle Paul ortwo com e to me with the idea thatthey had some enormously important " spiritua l call ing " to fulfill .Many of these people have

claimed to have experienced dreamsor seen visions. One person claimedhe saw Jesus " s tand ing at the footof his bed ," and when he awokefrom a tra nce -like state . he discovered the imprinted ma rks of a c rosson his forehead!He even had a snapshot to" prove" this incredi ble phenomenon . Frank ly from the snapshot it

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LifeAfter Death?

" WH I CH IS ... YOUR VIEW OF LIFE AFTER DEATH?"I don ' t believe that there is life afte r death .I am unsure whether or not ther e is .I believe there must be something beyond deat h.but have no idea wha t it is like .

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DO YOU BELIEVE IN . . . .?Yes No No opinionGod 98 2 0Heaven 85 11 4

li fe Aft er Death- 73 19 8Hell 65 2 9 6The Devil 60 3 5 5Reincarnation 20 64 16NOTE: The U.S. leads aUo ther nations inall the above bel iefs . excep ting the non biblical " reincarnation" Greece is in secondplace (CiOl", 1 011 u.s.

have stopped to ask the obvious question :"Why do you want to move?"You st ill might get a cryptic answer. "Oh.I ju st don't like i t a ro und her e: 'Parent : "Yo u don't like the neighborhood?"C hild : "No. th e neighb o rh ood is a llright "Parent: "What don't),ou like?"Child: " I do n' t lik e the kids."Now we are getting to the real problem.The youngster is not getting along with hisfriend s. Sure ly here is the place for goodadvice, or is it?"Well. you've ju st go t to be nicer to yourfriends." you cou ld rep ly. Or you might add."You better not be so selfish," or "Well. ifthey do n't want you to play with them. j ustfo rget about them and come in and playwith your own things."Chances are with advi ce like that ),ou willse e a change o f expression on the child's face- a change to futi lity. For the advice still hasnot come at the appropria te time and hasnot been asked fo r.What is needed in this instance befo re ad vice is understand ing.It's too easy j ust to give advice . But whenreal understanding takes place. advic e issometimes not even needed. The troub ledpar ty may col lec t his thoughts and workthings out for himself. than ks to your understanding help. When he knows tha t you understand, he may a sk for your advice. Thenyour good advice will be good and will beapprecia ted . Rut before you understand theother person and his situation. and befo reyour advice has been aske d for.your goodadvice" can be bad ! 0

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VesUmted States 73 %Norway 54Netherlands 50Switzerland 50West Germany 41Great Bnt am 38Austna 38France 35

BELIEF IN LIFE AFTER DEATH

by David An t ionWe live in an advice-giving society. In away, adver tising itself is unsolicited advicegiving. Ads say. " Be sure to pick up a box o fbrand X a t the store the next time youshop. " Or , "Test drive a new car at yourdealers today." Or. "Try it - you'll LIKEit!"But advertisi ng isn' t the only plac e we get" free" advice. We all love to give advice toour friends. We say. "Don' t worry so much.Joe. It isn't good for you." "You ought to getsome rest," o r "What you need

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