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Many of the campaign posters employ a high-impact approach, emphasizing name-recognition over examination of the issues. Often, incumbents use a combination of humor and a resume-style sampler of past council experience...

Author: By D. RICHARD De silva, | Title: VOTE FOR ME! | 10/2/1991 | See Source »

...both setting and style, Follett has geared Night Over Water to provide maximum entertainment. Doomed grandeur is always attractive in a book, and placing the action aboard the last flight of a Clipper is an inspired move. Follett's decision to employ multiple points of view also aids the story, especially when the same situation is presented from several perspectives...

Author: By Adam E. Pachter, | Title: Chills, Thrills and Plenty of Sex | 9/27/1991 | See Source »

...because the inspectors have been lax. They employ an impressive array of mechanisms to make sure that materials used to generate nuclear power or for other peaceful purposes are not diverted to bomb development. In 21 years, the inspectors, who lately have run more than 2,000 inspections a year, have never found even a single case of material diverted from peaceful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disarmament: How to Hide an A-Bomb | 7/8/1991 | See Source »

...Such charges are irresponsible. At a time when the defense industry is laying off employees, the space station promises to employ 100,000 workers. This program is at the very essence of our nation's economic vitality. It's ) not about jobs so much as it is vision, daring, exploring. These are the things that made America great. Killing the station would undercut our leadership role in science and high technology. It would hurt our aerospace industry -- one of the few areas in which we still enjoy a favorable balance of trade. And it would put at risk our ability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The $40 Billion Controversy: RICHARD TRULY | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

...ostensible argument of the book is that Jews should employ more chutzpah when it comes to standing up against anti-Semitism. ("Chutzpah" is an untranslatable Yiddish term describing qualities of assertiveness, demandingness and gall.) Dershowitz argues that Jews have too long allowed themselves to be trodden upon--to be treated as second-class citizens--because they are too concerned about making a favorable impression on their Gentile "hosts...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Oy, Vey! Dershowitz Has a Lot of Chutzpah in Chutzpah | 6/4/1991 | See Source »

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