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Journalism is often called the first, rough draft of history. In some ways The Dark Side of Camelot is just that. Hersh has done the spadework that the writing of history requires, but it also requires judgment, prudence and a willingness to be satisfied sometimes with ambiguous conclusions when human nature (and the best-seller list) prefers the comfort of certainties...
...draft of the clarification, which was obtained last night by The Crimson, will be presented at tomorrow's meeting of the Committee on College Life...
...conspicuously single Jewish man with an at-times painfully irritating voice who went on to bigger and better things as the judge on. "The People's Court"; a soft-spoken African-American liberal lawyer who is now a professor at Columbia; and a widely acknowledged big ole' meany, speculated draft-dodger and adulterer...
...Philosophical? Well, that's what you get when you're able to show your guest an original draft of the Gettysburg address (which the history-mad Jiang can quote verbatim), and happen to have the National Symphony orchestra playing on your lawn. In this congenial atmosphere, the presidents' conversation apparently ranged across 4,000 years of Chinese history ? and the relatively puny 200-year American version...
...position on the table, even if that position is unacceptable.? Sautter anticipates some hard bargaining ahead, with indications that Europe ? confident in the backing of most of the international community ? is prepared to play hardball with Washington over this one. ?The Bonn talks will likely agree on a draft document for Kyoto, but they will leave many blanks to be filled...