Word: explaining
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...moving but ultimately very particular struggle to synthesize two moral languages, that of American democracy on the one hand and that of the Jewish shtetl on the other? Such an argument would account for Walzer often slipping into a language of universal human rights. But it would explain equally well why Walzer finds in textual criticism his model for social criticism. Has not the community of which he is a part survived by finding a homeland in religious texts...
Deeply shaken, Sofaer yielded to the threat of a Senate subpoena last week to explain his opinion. Although he still believes the ABM treaty permits Star Wars testing, Sofaer conceded that his methodology had been flawed, a failure he attributed to young staff lawyers. Some Senators rallied to the defense of Sofaer. Democrat Ernest Hollings of South Carolina criticized his colleagues for "rushing to judgment" and argued the "record shows no ambiguity that the Soviets refused again and again to agree to prohibit future systems...
...retrospect, the security breach seems to explain some of the Soviets' recent diplomatic behavior. During last fall's summit in Iceland, U.S. negotiators were disturbed by the Soviets' uncannily well-prepared responses to U.S. points. "We thought at the time that they were remarkably sophisticated in anticipating our positions," says a State Department official. Now, says another, the U.S. realizes that throughout Reykjavik, "we played poker with the Soviets, and they were looking at a mirror over our shoulders." Government sources are equally convinced that the Soviets had inside information last August during the crisis surrounding the Kremlin's arrest...
...that he tries his best to follow his family's tradition of quietism and indifference to large events. But Holland is a small country, and it is impossible to escape from people who are part of his past. If he will not pursue the evidence that will help explain his life's crucial occurrence, the evidence, as it turns out, will pursue him. Like the furies, the facts are inescapable...
Indeed, many administrators, while upset at the disturbing trend, seem puzzled about why it is happening and are not sure what to do about it. Though the number of black students has been dropping in many schools, that alone does not explain black frustration. Columbia, for example, claims an 11% enrollment of black undergraduates, a steady ten-year increase and among the highest of old-line private colleges. Said President Michael Sovern: "We thought we had left no doubt that racial harassment is never acceptable, least of all at Columbia...