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...Quadrangle at Holyoke Street. Those who cannot make the rally should join the 9 p.m. march. And those who do not make the march should come to the 10 p.m. reception at Ticknor Lounge in Boylston Hall. The time has come for everyone to acknowledge and condemn unwarranted violence as the first step in fighting...
Savage's tirade unleashed a storm that sent Democratic leaders running -- or rather, tiptoeing -- for cover. By failing to condemn Savage quickly, they left themselves open to accusations that their party, anxious not to offend black voters, applies a double standard: denouncing bigotry when Republicans utter racially insensitive remarks and keeping mum when similar slurs are made by African Americans. Such accusations are all the more damning because Republicans, whose veiled appeals to anti-black prejudice have helped win five out of the last six presidential elections, only recently confronted a similar problem and appeared to deal with it firmly...
...word spread of Savage's outburst, Rangel stepped forward to condemn it. "If I had known that such foul statements would be made in my presence or out of it," he said, "I would not have gone to Chicago." Gray, the third- ranking Democrat in the House and a man who has been mentioned as the first black vice presidential nominee, waited to see a videotape of Savage's remarks before declaring them "unacceptable, divisive and bigoted." A private lunchtime meeting last week of the Congressional Black Caucus turned into what one member called "a knock-down, drag...
...coincide with the 51st anniversary of Hitler's arrival in the city at the head of an occupying army. He called this an "anti- event," intended to counterbalance the dark memories of 1939 and mark a reconciliation. To speak with disdain about Germans, Havel told his countrymen, "to condemn them only because they are Germans, to be afraid of them only because of that, is the same as to be anti-Semitic." But, he also reminded the Germans, it is their continuing responsibility to show Europe and the world that there is nothing to fear...
...such a world, it is difficult to condemn an honest trader. The Harvard researchers have every right to lay their wares on the table and present them in the most appealing light. The role of the press is not to denounce such efforts but to ensure that despite the attractive presentation of merchandise, news standards remain intact...