Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nowhere in The Wall Street Journal's column is there the slightest hint of error on Prof. Safran's part. But I have no doubt that Prof. Safran erred, especially in his failure of judgement in permitting the C.I.A. the right to review and edit his published scholarship. Prof. Safran should not permit The Wall Street Journal's kind of rightwing puffery in defence of the imperatives of state to stand between him and his larger intellectual obligations. I would hope he'd act otherwise. Martin Kilson Professor of Government
...arms to the rebels in El Salvador has allegedly tapered off somewhat in the past four years, Salvador President Jose Napoleon Duarte insisted in an interview with TIME last week that the Sandinistas are still providing the rebels with support as well as sanctuary. Said he: "There is no doubt that there is a whole centralization of the guerrillas' efforts in Nicaragua." In Guatemala, the Sandinistas have helped leftist guerrillas make a modest comeback after their insurgency was nearly exterminated by a massive campaign launched by the Guatemalan military...
...Reynolds' friends in the learned Society of Dilettanti, arguing about antiquities and knocking back the vintage claret, while Sir William Hamilton points to an engraving of one of his own Greek vases and Mr. John Taylor holds up a lady's garter. Peering into this lost world--reprehensible, no doubt, for its elitism, sexism, amateurism and other social vices, yet not without its allure--one realizes what Sir Sploshua's friend Sir George Beaumont meant when he swept aside the doubts of an uncertain client: "No matter, take the chance; even a faded picture from Reynolds will be the finest...
...collection of 2,700 pairs of shoes, it was not because (as some candle-snuffing moralists might think) she should be expected to wear them all, and must be judged a wastrel if she did not, but because the 2,700 pairs gave her options. Her step no doubt grew lighter in the knowledge of such freedom. Did she display her shoes the way that Jay Gatsby reveled in his wonderful shirts...
With debate still vibrant, the practical impact of the A.M.A. decision is likely to be mixed. Doctors will no doubt feel more comfortable about acting quietly with family approval to hasten the dying process. The family of a patient like Nancy Jobes, whose plight is more public, will be able to make a stronger argument but may still face a legal battle; the Jobes' request to remove the feeding tube goes to court this week. However helpful, the A.M.A.'s new ruling cannot ease the heartbreak for families weighing such a decision. It is one thing to shut...