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...have brought generational change, the youngsters have always inherited power from their elders: Lincoln from Buchanan, Kennedy from Eisenhower and, of course, Clinton from Bush. When Bob Dole entered the Kansas house of representatives in 1951, Bill Clinton was five years old. Never before have Americans reached so far backward in their search for leadership-which is why the Republican Party is now confronting a historic dilemma...
...famous Admiral Jack McCain, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific forces--tried to release the young flyer early on as a propaganda gesture, McCain, crippled and skeletal, spat in their faces and let loose such an outpouring of naval obscenity that the startled North Vietnamese dignitaries flew backward out of McCain's cell like tumbleweed...
...join the dynamic East Asian mainstream by opening up its economy while keeping a tight grip on the political system," Burton says. The next test: whether the junta will let Suu Kyi's overwhelmingly popular National League for Democracy play a true political role. "If so, this rich but backward country could be in for a takeoff that would rival that of Vietnam." Burton says. "If not, more of the brutality and bloodshed that have held it back for four decades could be in store...
...fact, the Southern Baptists had plenty of chances to reverse their backward stand on racial issues but passed them by, even though many courageous members of the church and some maverick pastors protested in vain against the policies. In his famous "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. responded to a group of "liberal" Southern church leaders who had criticized his nonviolent demonstrations as "unwise and untimely" acts of outside agitation. Wrote King: "In the midst of blatant injustices inflicted upon the Negro, I have watched white churches stand on the sidelines and merely mouth pious...
...BACKWARD! THE AMERICAN soul killed music and movies when it abandoned the Good, the True and the Beautiful as ideals. There is enough guilt to go around. Artists, producers, publishers, liberals, conservatives, politicians and businessmen are all guilty, but mostly it is the populace. We want the junk. Nyal Williams Muncie, Indiana...