Word: callings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...notion that it matters, but it's true. You can't escape it. You see it in restaurants -- not just in New York. People seem willing to pay any amount to be seen at this week's restaurant of the century. It's all part of what I call plutography: depicting the acts of the rich. They not only want to be seen at this week's restaurant of the century, they want to be embraced by the owner. But status isn't only to do with the rich. Status is fundamental, an inescapable part of human life...
...afraid you might mention that. I suppose I might say, "Here's somebody who's trying to call attention to himself." But I leave that to others to interpret. It's always hard to describe yourself...
Much would still remain to be done, notably resolving the dispute between Japan and the Soviet Union over several small islands in the Kurile chain, what the Japanese call the Northern Territories, which have been controlled by the U.S.S.R. since World War II. The Soviets should also open their far east much more fully to foreign trade and visitors, and operate their own Pacific fleet in a way that does not raise concern over Soviet objectives...
...years, now show overwhelming support for the death sentence. Politicians who fan the fires are seeking heat, not light, and they make reasoned discussion difficult. Capital punishment tells us a lot about ourselves and our willingness to create a moral code that rises above destructive anger and the call for revenge in kind. We seem to have a double standard about death: it is wrong to murder, but killing in reprisal is O.K. For those who believe all murder, including executions, is wrong, it will never be acceptable for society to kill in our name. The trouble with...
John Kennedy really was in the cross hairs of nuclear history in 1962. Last week's reminder of the Cuban missile crisis showed more clearly than ever the world's close call...