Word: exceptional
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...Constitution that he supported a woman's right to have an abortion, though he opposed federal funding for the procedure. Right-to-life activists were outraged. In a letter to the Atlanta newspaper, Sullivan sought to clarify -- or reverse -- his statements. "I am opposed to abortion," he wrote, "except in cases of rape, incest, and where the life of the mother is threatened." Yet in a second interview Sullivan compounded the problem by indicating that he would support Bush's antiabortion position at work but privately harbored a different view...
...there be no illusions. Taking effective action to halt the massive injury to the earth's environment will require a mobilization of political will, international cooperation and sacrifice unknown except in wartime. Yet humanity is in a war right now, and it is not too Draconian to call it a war for survival. It is a war in which all nations must be allies. Both the causes and effects of the problems that threaten the earth are global, and they must be attacked globally. "All nations are tied together as to their common fate," observes Peter Raven, director...
There are no moral complexities here, no cunning passages of history, no double agents trading allegiances for meaning. But there is a tumultuous plot, an appealing young protagonist -- who except Hitler could root against a pre- pubescent? -- and a prime villain. Colonel Gregor Laemmle, the SS officer in pursuit of Thomas, is far more than the usual posturing sadist. A former philosophy professor, he is a connoisseur of art and literature and something of a chess master himself. Laemmle regards the hunting of Thomas as a large- scale tournament, with gambits to be savored even when they go against...
...Except for a couple of hitches on the deficit and Nicaragua, the world that Reagan described is going like gangbusters his way, particularly the Soviet Union. After the New York City spectacle the day before with Mikhail Gorbachev, reporters did not argue. "I just wasn't up for it," grumped ABC's Sam Donaldson...
...alien visitors, astrological predictions and the healing power of crystals. "Cab drivers mostly," he says, "and passersby. I guess these are what causes them to recognize me." The term these refers to a pair of voluminous sideburns, and they make it impossible to mistake the wearer for anyone else, except possibly Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the U.S. New Age inquisitors remain one of the few puzzles Asimov is unable to crack: "I have never found a way to convince them. They tell me there is 'absolute proof' of aliens landing on this planet. They read it with...