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...Israeli political parties express every shade of opinion from the far right to the far left, or that no political action in Israel goes uncriticized. Why then is the American press so quick to accept misstatements and unfounded claims put forth by the Arabs without so much as a demur? An honest review of all information emanating from the region is sorely needed. BERNICE TEPPER Hollywood, Florida Via E-mail...
...underraters, both in and outside the U.S. government, demur. They argue that America's dealings with Beijing lack strategic vision. They also contend that public hectoring and flip-flops over human rights, nuclear nonproliferation and now Taiwan have created dissonance in China policy: a U.S. trade official talks of "an orchestra in which each player plays his own music, and there is no conductor." Cautions Burton Levin, director of the Asia Society in Hong Kong: "If the U.S. harangues, it strengthens the hands of the xenophobes in China and weakens those forces that want to move toward a less authoritarian...
...could never match. As a gutsy, pretty newcomer in the city of Salisbury, she fell in with young leftists and joined the Communists. These chapters make a scathing account of party delusions. "We despised anybody who did not believe in the Revolution," she writes, even doubting that she would demur if asked to go out and kill...
...arrested on shoplifting charges last week. This week a Broward County judge decides whether to try Percy as an adult or to turn him back to Grant one more time. "These kids can be changed," Grant insists. "We need to break the cycle." The prosecutors demur. "This child is being glorified," grumbles assistant state attorney Susan Aramony. "Maybe it's time to spend the resources on someone else who may benefit from them...
...very romantic, demur critics. Fair enough. Shoring up marriages may well - require less infatuation and more responsibility. Church and synagogue programs that encourage engaged couples to discuss with each other, before they tie the knot, who will attend to the children, who will control the bank account and other such pivotal questions are fulfilling a similar societal need. Even better are school programs that teach conflict resolution. Studies have shown that stable and contented couples fight about as often as those in marriages that are failing. However, the happy couples have learned to fight better -- to be issue- rather than...