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...eerie, wordless unison. They bang away at kettledrums while squeezing tubes of paint onto the drumheads, creating volcanic eruptions of color. They stuff handfuls of Cap'n Crunch cereal into their mouths, then join in a symphony of amplified chomping. They entice an audience member onstage for a banquet of Twinkies; suddenly cream filling spurts out of their chests. By the end of the evening, with strobe lights flashing and electronic music pulsing, the audience is engulfed by a tidal wave of crepe paper streaming from the balcony...
They range from jackbooted skinhead youths assaulting foreigners in Germany to sedately dressed middle-aged couples dining off lace tablecloths at a banquet outside Amiens -- under a poster urging the eviction of immigrants from France. Their leaders include old nobility, yuppie types, an ex- paratrooper who boasts of being born in a house with a dirt floor, and former communists. But whatever their appearance or origin, the far-right- wingers who are emerging across the European continent share an alarming attitude, if not exactly an ideology: a virulent nationalism expressed mainly as raw hatred of foreigners, particularly immigrants. They also...
...interacting with my colleagues, I'll try to let them know what my position is and help them to come together and reach agreements. But I don't want to be like the guest of honor at a banquet. I don't see that as my role. What I want to do is participate in formulating the framework of the commonwealth and giving it substance...
...religious bonds to unite us. We are proud of having built a working nation out of so many disparate parts, and proud of the tolerance that has made that possible. But was ever increasing prosperity the crucial glue? It's easy to welcome newcomers to the party when the banquet table is overflowing. It's easy to settle disagreements by splitting the difference if there's plenty to go around. In bad times hospitality shrivels and disagreements fester...
...introduced to Putnam by the impulse purchase for 50 cents of an old album whose cover stated it had been recorded at a banquet at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi on the night of October 26, 1961. The featured speaker was Carleton Putnam, a Northern historian and author who "urged the South to take the lead in preserving the racial integrity of American whites...