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...freedom around the world," he said quietly. "No other nation can do it." Then he smiled and said, "I feel like that intelligence officer who was at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and, looking around at the disaster, said, 'We are going to win this war. But God bless my soul if I know how.' " He is going out now to look for that answer to the new American challenge, which is to live securely in a world where for the first time our resources are limited and our adversaries are as strong...
...belief in the power of sacrifice. Through a subtle transformation of traditional Latin machismo into an aggressive, masochistic non-violence, Chavez drives himself on to take gratuitous risks, represses emotions, and lives with pain. And this all in the name of penance for the redemption that one day will bless the UFW. As he puts it, "To be a man is to suffer for others." After years of suffering and organizing, Chavez has become something of a Christ figure to his thousands of followers and, perhaps, to himself. In an interview with Levy, Chavez expressed his admiration for Gandhi...
...familiar illogic of nationalistic pride, birthright Americans-here not by choice but by chance-began to insist that there was some special virtue in their nativity. The American spirit seemed to be changing from The World Turned Upside Down (a song of the Revolutionary period) to God Bless America...
...decisive seventh game last week. But there the Islanders' improbable success story came to an abrupt end. The Philadelphia team, which began the final game with the good-luck singing of Kate Smith (the Flyers have a record of 43-3-1 after her performances of God Bless America before home games), protected its league championship with a 4-to-l victory. Said Flyer Coach Fred Shero, with obvious relief: "Nobody had better take the Islanders for granted next season...
...Eastern Sprints, the alpha and omega of the rowing season, is upon us, and while most everyone will agree that coming in first is the only thing that counts. God bless Vince Lombardi, each individual oarsmen does have a special attitude toward the Granddaddy of them...