Word: basics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were supposed to be working. We haven't had World War III. I don't see any reason to be downhearted. One should be frustrated, and certainly working in the U.N. was a great exercise in that. And one should be more determined than ever to keep after the basic objective...
...also supposes that open criticism encourages support of Israel by non-Jews, and that failure to illuminate Israel's flaws causes non-Jews to reevaluate their support. How can such an intelligent, educated person show such a basic misunderstanding of the reason for Americans' strong support of Israel? Israel is supported because it is America's loyal ally and the only democracy in the Middle East. Israel gives America technology, military intelligence and a strategic base. Americans support Israel out of self-interest, whether or not American Jews criticize Israel. Calling Israel immoral only serves to relieve the moral consciences...
...Elkies, it is the fundamental simplicity of math and music which lend them their inherent beauty. A stark, basic principle underpins even the most complex symphony or mathematical application, he says...
...Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum (Morrow; $25) is not for fair-weather bakers but an exhaustive scripture on lavish baking. If the recipes are brilliantly explicit, it is because Beranbaum has spent years teaching, and knows where amateurs usually go wrong. Basic cakes and fillings are included, along with how-to's on decoration. Among her creations are cakes that look like pinecones, forests and dotted Swiss cascades. There are even a few low- cholesterol recipes...
George Bush does not have a deeply held personal agenda. He has few strong ideological or intellectual beliefs at all, other than a basic decency, patriotism and desire for people to be accommodating. A stark example: Bush was torn this fall when Congress debated a federal requirement that there be a seven-day waiting period before someone could purchase a handgun, a provision supported by many law-enforcement officials. "I wish the police chiefs and the gun owners could figure out a compromise," he lamented in an off moment. "I'm for both sides...