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...past I had felt contempt for friends who deserted education for the almighty dollar, but when I find my salary lower than all save the sewing machine operator and the bartender in your random sample of pay, it's time to forget about both honor and education and time to think about paying the mortgage and feeding the kids...
Real Face. Many Israelis see a spirit of adventurous heroism in the attitude of the illegal settlers. West Bank Arabs see only arrogance and contempt for their rights-and they fear that things will grow worse for them under a Likud government. Says Mayor Elias Freij of Bethlehem: "With the election of Begin, the whole world can see the real face of Israel. It is expansionist, and it wants [all the West Bank] even though it doesn't belong to the Jews...
...chief peacemaker. As befits an ex-assassin for Albert Anastasia's Murder, Inc., Dellacroce settled disputes between rival clans by a direct method: having troublemakers eradicated. He took over the Gambino family soon after his release from prison last December after serving 4½ years for tax evasion and contempt of court...
...best foreign picture. It was filmed by a French unit in the Ivory Coast in what almost amounts to an act of atonement: the movie not only presents a comically petty microcosm of war, but in its terse, understated way gives a withering account of the racial ignorance and contempt on which colonialism was built. The result hardly renews one's faith in human nature, but it is consistently riveting and grimly amusing...
...place--a coup which resulted in the murder of hundreds including the Chilean President, and the torture and imprisonment of thousands. In dealing with the crimes of this regime, Kissinger pleads non-intervention; but it was American intervention that helped to create these conditions. Kissinger was nearly cited for contempt of Congress by the House Intelligence Committee for refusing to answer questions and provide information. Is this a man who doesn't know and wasn't involved...