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...huge horseshoe desk when Shultz had gone and the committee room was clearing and said there had been nothing quite like Shultz in the past 20 years. The thing that most impressed Percy was "his marvelous background in economics." Shultz, a Ph.D. economist, is the first of that breed to preside over America's diplomacy. Economics, Percy believes, lies at the heart of modern statecraft. "And Shultz is not a turf fighter," concluded Percy, referring to Haig's terminal impulse to battle over every perk...
Time and mores have endangered the breed, but as Birmingham points out, that is no reason for celebration. These rich women, with their whims of iron and their vast influence, were not simply figureheads presiding over doomed estates. With few exceptions they used their wealth generously; hardly a major museum or opera house could survive today without their contributions and stewardship. The IRS has taken many of the Grandes away, but the Dames persist...
...alcohol and rising fumes that draws them to Indy. The race itself is but one interesting diversion during The Event, The Party. Others return year after year to sit in the same seats and keep careful score as the cars flash by, but they are of a totally different breed. People who sit in the stands wear imitation Penske racing team windbreakers and "Five for Foyt" buttons. Infielders wear "God rides a Harley" T-shirts and buttons which plead, "Show Us Your Tits...
...National Conference of Bishops virtually endorsed the invasion, in a declaration shortly after the seizure, stating that "the nation has affirmed its rights." Some church leaders duly noted that the occupation had initially cost no lives, but at least one new-breed prelate has since attacked that thinking. In a letter sent to his fellow bishops three weeks ago, Archbishop Jorge Novak of Quilmes cited other factors that should have been considered in the decision: "moral, cultural and economic costs that may be irreparable." However courageous the action, wrote Novak, it lacked "wisdom and prudence...
...troubling movement on campus. By rationalizing cheating in her own mind. Napolitano narrowed the purpose and usefulness of higher education, reflecting a board new attitude towards college Aspirants like the ex-Princetonian seem to enter school with unmalieable objectives. The means to the end are unimportant, this breed gets what it wants...