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...picked candidate, Representative George Bush. Nixon failed to carry Texas in either 1960 or 1968; the state's 26 electoral votes could be the difference between winning and losing in 1972. By luring Connally to Washington, Nixon could win a strong protagonist or at least neutralize a potential antagonist in Texas Democratic politics. Said one Washington Democrat: "To my dirty mind, this appointment means only one thing: the start of 'Democrats for Nixon...
...courage. A man's faith in his strength is "no mere form of vanity but an awareness that God can be found in any man." In The Challenge, one gaucho slashes another, then refrains from the fatal thrust. "I'm letting you live," he tells his antagonist, "so you'll come back looking for me again." Life cannot be lived without the dignity of danger...
...many nice guys in our sagt-in fact, we can't even focus all of our disgust on one antagonist which might be somewhat idle; anyway there's a boycott on. We decide we want to improve the conditions for migrant workers and we can join consumers and chain stores in organized activity. It worked once with grapes. In this frame of mind, we can be rather startled when our administrators defend their position on lettuce by admitting that their policy on grapes had been equally impervious to moral argument. We knew that Harvard had stopped buying grapes, but little...
...Dome of the Rock, where Mohammed is supposed to have ascended to heaven, mourning Arabs were only a few yards away from Jews gathered at the Wailing Wall for Rosh Hashana prayers marking the start of the Hebrew year 5731. Among the Israeli worshipers was the old antagonist who had twice helped humble Nasser on the battlefield, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan...
There was some speculation that Ulbricht may have intended to extend a helping hand to his old antagonist, though such a move would be very much out of character. Only two days before, about 43% of West Germany's eligible voters had gone to the polls in three state elections. Though only state offices were at stake, the nationwide debate over Ostpolitik had turned the election into a plebiscite on Brandt's policies of seeking closer relations with the Communist bloc, especially East Germany and Russia, hence promoting greater economic ties...