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This triumph of apolitical bourgeois democracy has been a source of dismay to some. They pine for the heroic age when great ideologies clashed and the life of nations turned on a vote in Congress. On the contrary. I couldn't be happier that the political century is over, and that all that's left is to shuffle cards on the cruise ship. The great disease of the 20th century was the politicization of life. The totalitarians, left and right, showed the way, politicizing everything: economics, education, art, religion, family life. Not even genetics could escape politics. One remembers with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: In Praise of Low Voter Turnout | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

...Justice Department over a subpoena to testify before a grand jury about the source of fees. The subpoena was served on him even before his client was indicted. The IRS is pressing criminal lawyers to reveal the identity of clients paying more than $10,000 in cash. To the dismay of the defense bar, earlier this year a federal judge in New York backed the IRS in this demand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: A Question Of Money | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

...Dismay over Israel's provocative settlement policies and intransigence toward the Palestinians is not the only cause of the unprecedented wave of criticism. Division and anxiety are also increasing over Israel's military ties to South Africa and the venturesome foreign policy that led to the Iran- contra affair and the Pollard spy case. There is outright disgust with the vulnerability of Israel's political system to the demands of fanatical ultra- Orthodox sects, as demonstrated last month by the ability of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, an 88-year-old Brooklyn rabbi, to derail the Labor Party's attempt to form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Agony Over Israel | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

Bill Cleary watched with dismay as Cornell (16-9-3) completed its quarterfinal sweep of the Crimson (13-14-1) with a 4-2 blitzkrieg to knock Harvard out of the ECAC playoffs...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Cornell Ends Icemen's Season | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...wake of Phillip A. Sharp's surprise rejection of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presidency Tuesday, colleagues expressed dismay over Sharp's decision and uncertainty about the university's next moves...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Search Set to Resume As Uncertainty Sets In | 2/23/1990 | See Source »

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