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...encountered in the chaotic retreat before the advancing Red Army in the closing months of the war. But the revelation of his SS affiliation came as a shock to Grass's admirers in Germany and elsewhere, because he had so unstintingly criticized his fellow Germans for failing to confront their culpability in the Nazi...
...parliamentarians, politicians and Supreme Court justices pause to consider whether a weakened, but still functioning, constitutional democracy may be preferable. But Musharraf may be restrained from the martial law option by its potentially devastating consequences: It would force those looking to unseat him to take to the streets and confront the state, and if that forced the military to fire upon fellow Muslims, nothing would make Osama bin Laden happier. In his audio tape released on Thursday, bin Laden said that Musharraf's government and soldiers were "all accomplices in spilling the blood of those of the Muslims who have...
...that's not for Christopher. He donates his not inconsiderable savings to charity, cuts up his credit cards and sets forth to find himself in the American vastness, aiming eventually to confront the Alaskan wilderness on his own. His is a sort of belated hippie odyssey and most of his adventures are fairly typical of that no-longer novel experience. He finds honest work and an agreeable boss in the midwestern wheat fields; he paddles prettily and adventurously down the Colorado River; he joins an older, good-natured couple in a commune; he eventually comes across an older...
...farm that he will be elected by an overwhelming majority and prove to be one of the truly great Presidents - and world leaders - we have ever known. Just as he was in the face of his opponents when he was mayor of New York City, as President he will confront all the U.S.'s enemies - domestic and foreign - and he will ride roughshod over them, doing whatever it takes to secure America. Thank God for giving us this man at this historical moment. This is not a time for sissies, political posers or come-lately lightweights. James Harrison Cohen...
...also be a she.) For the first few meetings of a section, a single domineering, pretentious personality can positively ruin discussion. But then something remarkable starts happening. His presence introduces such a dysfunctional level of frustration that others begin to overcome their natural inhibitions against speaking in class to confront him. Oblivious to the insurrection mounting against him, “that kid” stands his ground, and a real debate ensues. This pattern of events cannot, obviously, be reproduced everywhere, but it demonstrates how good sections do not necessarily stem from good people. Deference and congeniality...