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Denying Hitler posthumous victories means denying his successors. It means sustaining the new center of Jewish civilization, where many survivors found refuge and on whose success Jewish survival now depends. Anti-Zionists, however -- particularly those of the left -- discovered that while physically or morally arming those bent on the annihilation of Israel, they could pose as philo-Semites with a show of anti-Nazism and a nod to the Holocaust...
...make a series of small iron precincts and even a miniature iron house, complete with iron paintings on the walls. Curator Gimenez's choice of his work is an exemplary condensation. Beginning with those initial Surrealist images, it picks up on the early sculptures that clearly indicate the bent of his talent, such as Amusement Park, 1938, a small work that both remembers Picasso's iron woman figures and conflates their shapes with roller coaster and Ferris wheel...
...past, Japan has bent to American pressure on trade, often in ways that have served the cause of managed, rather than open, markets. If, from now on, Japan politely says no to such arrangements, it will benefit not only itself but also America--despite Clinton's efforts on the contrary...
Clinton must remember who Perot supporters are and how they differed from Clinton supporters last year. Contrary to press speculation, Perot supporters were not appreciably different from Clinton supporters (or Bush supporters) in regional origin, ideological bent, income, race or education. For example, the average income of committed Clinton supporters was $39,430; it was $40,010 for committed Perot supporters...
When the votes are counted, Yeltsin will still be President, and his foes in the Congress of People's Deputies will still be bent on ousting him and watering down his reforms. To make matters worse, both sides will probably claim victory in the referendum. Yeltsin is likely to win a majority on the first question of the four on the ballot, which asks simply if Russian citizens support him. A tidy majority would be a personal triumph...