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Even in a decade notable for instant nostalgia, 1974 is a remarkable year. The large books, primarily concocted for Christmas buyers, are marked by more longing to look backward than ever before. The trend may in part be due to the Bicentennial celebration that is shortly to engulf Americans; the first wave of titles about the American Revolution is already at hand. It may be too with the future looking the way it does, Americans (publishers as well as readers) simply want to celebrate, enjoy or just get acquainted with the American past. Whatever the cause, the result this year...
...late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn, used to marvel at "those rolling waves of sentiment" that would occasionally engulf the House, abruptly establishing a solid consensus. Last week even Mister Sam might have been surprised at the swift surge of revulsion that swept both chambers of Congress. It came suddenly on Wednesday, eight days after the release of the presidential transcripts. The turn seemed to come with the gathering flow of mail running as much as 10-1 against the President, the opportunity for enough of the busy Congressmen finally to read through much of the transcripts...
...last week. Ironically, the trouble was caused by the Agranat Commission of Inquiry that had been appointed to clear the air and provide an authoritative answer to the question of who was responsible. Instead, the commission's interim report raised more questions than it answered and threatened to engulf Premier Golda Meir's shaky coalition government in yet another struggle for survival only a month after she had successfully patched up differences in her divided Labor Party. Also caught in the uproar was Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, who returned from negotiations on the Middle East in Washington...
When Babe Ruth hit his 714th and final home run on May 25, 1935, there was no swarm of reporters and photographers standing by to engulf him as he crossed home plate, no special promotional drum rolls. The 10,000 fans in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field that Saturday afternoon gave the aging hero Ruth a polite cheer-it was his third home run of the game-and let him trot quietly into the dugout and baseball history...
...identity on the other. Precariously balanced between cultures, the Portuguese are forced to walk a tightrope of assimilation over an ethnic no-man's land. While the Portuguese have become increasingly aware of the tangible rewards for ethnic awareness, the forces of assimilation into American society still threaten to engulf them...