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This misquote, the authors, say, is the fault of a reporter at the Baltimore Catholic Review, who confused the senator's statement that he did not understand why Harvard students were attracted to Keynsian economics and a later mention of the "value of college fraternities." The reporter apparently mistook the word "Keynsian" for "communism...
...going to go into these people. Am I happy with what they did? No, I'm not happy. But I'm not going to sit here and say they were at fault...
...they wear to convince everyone what true fans of the game they are. Some even bring bags with four or five rackets. (You never know when Chrissie or Andre or Mac is going to need a partner, I suppose.) Listen to their hushed analysis of Becker's last double fault--"The Bor-meister is going to have to get that serve in if he wants to win this game." Watch them willingly pay 35 bucks for a white T-shirt with a little "Fila" logo. They all deserve to be locked in a room with Bud Collins and Ilie Nastase...
...failure in leadership handicapped Israel when dealing with its most recent crisis, the Palestinian uprising. Friedman compares the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a fault line that for 20 years was capable of absorbing slight tremors so well that many forgot about its existence. But the earthquake finally struck in the form of the intifada--the Palestinian uprising of anger couched in vows to throw off "Israeldom...
...mother, in contrast, becomes dangerous if left alone. She works her way through the crowd and explains to total strangers how the entire delay is my fault...