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These flaws diminish the Lippmann myth but reveal the whole man. Above the feet of clay, an undeniably awesome figure arose. In his 70s, Lippmann courageously opposed L.B.J.'s escalation of the war in Viet Nam; he endured abuse from the White House, snubs from many of his friends and malicious suggestions that he was turning senile. After a lifetime of enjoying an insider's access to the powerful, he became an outsider on a matter of principle, an old stoic practicing what he had always preached. His life was inspiring. His biography is that, and more: required...
...country through a euphoric and successful post-Franco transition, has seemed increasingly bogged down by the intractable problems of 16% inflation, 10% unemployment and the stubborn wave of separatist terrorism. The partial autonomy recently granted to the provinces of Catalonia and the Basque country has similarly failed to diminish their regional resentment against Madrid. Stung by his setbacks, Suárez withdrew into his Moncloa Palace. Spaniards generally lost heart, wondering if democracy meant stagnation and fearing the alternatives of the political extremes...
...nearly a decade, such a showdown has been the stuff of a hoop fan's dreams. Abdul-Jabbar, the N.B.A.'s five-time Most Valuable Player, the compleat center whose size (7 ft. 2 in.) does not diminish his grace. Julius Erving, the flashy, 6-ft. 6-in. forward from the now defunct A.B.A., whose rafter-clearing leaps and fluid moves earned him the sobriquet Dr. J (as in, watch him operate). Only after a merger of the warring leagues and four years of playoff eliminations did Abdul-Jabbar's Lakers dominate the West and Erving...
Individual unwillingness to keep on macing in the face of continued passive resistance is only half the gain; the same phenomenon occurs in society as a whole. The longer the fight goes on, the more public support for repressive policies will diminish. Remember the pictures of Black children in their Sunday best cowering in front of snarling dogs? So does everyone else--and those images and others like them eventually proved the downfall of Bull Connor and his ilk. Beating the non-violent is a horrible thing to do; people come to realize this, and if it takes months...
...series. Moreover, the amount referred to was in addition to the regular fee of $510,000 per show. When Martin inquired further, an unidentified official at Spelling-Goldberg, one of Hollywood's most profitable TV production companies, told her that the breakdown of payments was a ruse to diminish the Wagners' share of the profits. The official also explained to Martin that before the demise of another Spelling-Goldberg program, Starsky and Hutch, $30,000 per episode in Charlie's Angels fees was diverted to the account of the less successful show, in which the Wagners...