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...also should not be censured for exercising its right as a state to keep order within its territories. Obviously the Palestinians have a valid claim to an independent state on the West Bank and in Gaza, and I hope that they get it. However, these areas currently belong to Israel, and as much as the Palestinians have a right to protest against Israeli rule, the State of Israel has a right to impose order...

Author: By Mitchell A. Orenstein, | Title: The Jewish-American Dilemma | 4/13/1988 | See Source »

These protesters don't deserve to use the catchier slogans they dragged out for their spring sing-a-long outside 17 Quincy Street last weekend--those belong to another age when radical students believed in their causes and took drastic actions to further them...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Ties and Takeovers Don't Mix | 4/12/1988 | See Source »

...households buy take-out food within each four-week period, according to a study for the Food Marketing Institute and the Campbell Soup Co. These buyers are about as likely to be men as to be women, mostly between the ages of 18 and 54, and they tend to belong to all but the lowest income levels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Taking Out, Eating In | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

HARVARD may end up, for the moment, with nine more Hasty Puddings where only people with money and connections can belong. Unfortunately, this type of elitism is not illegal. It's impossible to attack the final clubs on strictly legal grounds for charging money and choosing who they want--thousands of golf clubs, country clubs, and social clubs legally do the same thing. Financial elitism is protected by our laws, gender elitism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Battling Elitism | 4/4/1988 | See Source »

...amendment was passed that allows the U.S. to take action to ensure that the canal "remains open, neutral, secure and accessible." But what constitutes a threat to the waterway is not specified, and even if U.S. Marines were dispatched to protect the canal after 1999, it would still belong to Panama. The U.S., of course, could unilaterally abrogate the treaty, but at the cost of shredding Washington's reputation for trustworthiness around the world. Asks a foreign observer living in Panama: "What credibility would the U.S. ever have again anywhere in Latin America, or with the Soviets the next time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What About the Canal? | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

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