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...three publicized instances of "genuine, hateful racism" that Larew acknowledges are not enough to worry about, then how much is enough? What about the possibility that along with those, 17 instances of subtle racism might be even more likely to occur? Or should we abandon tolerance and understanding, and willfully decline opportunities to gain perspective...
From the beginning, Jordan's King Hussein has professed neutrality in the gulf confrontation, though by allied lights he has tilted toward Saddam. In an uncharacteristically sharp-tongued television address last week, the King appeared to abandon his balancing act and instead focused on blasting Baghdad's challengers. The war in the gulf, said Hussein, is "against all Arabs and Muslims, not only against Iraq." Its "real purpose," he went on, is to "destroy Iraq and rearrange" the Arab nation so as to put "its aspirations and resources under direct foreign hegemony." Such a speech, playing up the themes...
...would not want to abandon the community of Queer people, even though I don't always agree with other Queer people, and even though people like Mr. Gonsalves may try to tell me what to do. In the same way, I am not going to abandon the Catholic Church, which is a source of strength and peace for me, and a way of worship that I love, simply because I don't always agree with its policies and because people like O'Connor try to tell me what...
...Abandon, no. Fight--yes! And fight in many different ways. I support ACT UP's protest against the Church's politics (though I do not support the desecration of the Eucharist) wholeheartedly. I also think that Tom Watson and I and other "out" Queer Catholics have done much more in the Harvard Catholic community to foster understanding and acceptance than ACT UP's protest has. Activism on an interpersonal level is an essential part of attaining our goals, just as much as rallying and marching...
...downshifting in the wake of the Reagan expansion. Corporations were eliminating slices of middle management and the layers of clerical and professional staff supporting them. Says Roland Stichweh, a senior partner at the Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby benefits-consulting firm: "Organizations under stress are finding that they must abandon their traditional sense of loyalty to these employees...