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...difficult to figure out why. Concern over illiteracy and the decline of the nation's schools has alarmed the generation of well-educated baby boomers who are now rearing their own children. "This is the most ardent interest on the part of parents that we've seen in a very long time," says Susan P. Bloom, director of the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College in Boston...
INTERVIEW: An ardent Israeli nationalist...
Many of the Russian writers are openly sympathetic to the ugliest manifestation of Soviet neoconservatism. Founded in 1979 as a cultural and historical group attached to the Ministry of Aviation Industry, Pamyat (memory) has grown into a violence-tinged social movement that blends ardent nationalism with virulent anti-Semitism. To Pamyat's conspiracy theorists, an evil alliance of Zionists and Freemasons is responsible for most of the world's woes; Jews who were at the heart of the Bolshevik Revolution are blamed for the failures of Communism...
Fortunately, the most ardent supporters of genetic research are the first to admit the potential for abuse and see the need for ground rules. Many ethicists and scientists who have studied the issues agree on certain basic principles...
Washington was built on a river of "ardent spirits," a nice term used long ago for the hard stuff. Laborers on public buildings got larger whiskey rations the higher up they worked, a dubious formula. But the buildings did get finished. Dolley Madison brought this "saloon culture" into the White House, getting the political leaders out of the bars and into more graceful surroundings. The drinks came on silver trays. James Madison cut some good deals...