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...luncheonette across the street. For it is just then that a masked and seemingly psychopathic gunman (Jerry Reed) decides to hold up the place. With a little help from Sonny Paluso (Walter Matthau), who is also abashed to be out of work, Donald manages to foil the crime. Neither brave nor bright, he just cannot help extending the general messiness of his life to everyone he meets, even criminals...
...Congress to support the efforts of President Reagan to aid El Salvador," said Magaña. ". . . A weak, vacillating commitment endangers peace and hemispheric security." Reagan applauded Magaña's "admirable progress in the difficult task of moving El Salvador toward democracy . . . The people of that brave country deserve and have our support." Reagan also lauded Magaña for his attempts to encourage all Salvadorans, including the extreme left, to participate in the electoral process. Said Reagan: "This is the true path of peace for that country...
...steal into a millinery shop and try on an elegant hat. I pose it on my head and look into the mirror a la Dietrich, glancing around to make sure no one is watching me. I then quickly return it to the rack. Next time I promise to be brave...
...Liebowitz' materialist amorality is to be expected if one is familiar with his supposedly successful therapies, for instance, giving drugs to a woman which allowed her to abandon a husband she no longer found attractive. Once we begin altering people's minds with drugs, we invite Aldous Huxley's Brave New World scenario where all are happy and none are good...
Science is inherently inadequate for determining values; this is no shortcoming. The scientific method has proved valuable for solving simple problems and answering simple questions. But when we try to use it as a guide for our personal lives or global politics, we will arrive--incorrectly--in Liebowitz' brave new world or Sperry's confused world order...