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...armies overran Europe. "But the whole concept of the real atrocities and the things now that history so vividly records weren't driven home every single day to America," he says. "You've got to remember that in the end of the '30s there was kind of an isolationist fervor in some quarters. People saying, 'Hey, that's not any of our business.' There's a parallel there for what some feel about the Persian Gulf today: let somebody else figure this out. And it's my view that nobody can, except the United States...
...planting trees in their backyards. And after more than a decade of debate, Congress finally overhauled the Clean Air Act this fall. But these encouraging steps hardly begin to attack the most ominous threats to the environment, such as deforestation and ! global warming. For the most part, the populist fervor for preservation has not generated effective government action at a national or international level. Both the people and their leaders seem totally bewildered about how to tackle global problems. Too often they mistakenly see a conflict between a healthy environment and healthy economies. As a result, the ecology movement...
Does the United States have an obligation, separate from other considerations, to rescue its captive citizens, whatever the cost? Such a call has shades of jingoistic fervor; it also strikes a powerful chord. This is perhaps the hardest decision the United States must face. But it is arguably the only valid consideration. Saving the hostages must be a strong enough reason...
That was evidenced most clearly in the fervor that this summer surrounded the Broadway staging of Miss Saigon. The producers decided to cast European Jonathan Pryce in the role of a Eurasian, and Actor's Equity made a recommendation that the role be played by an Asian or Asian-American. Editorial pages across the country decried the Union for espousing what they called racism. What happened to the ideal of blind casting...
...adventures, so perhaps it was just a matter of time before doubts about going to war with Iraq spread from the coffee shops and op-ed pages into the mainstream. In the past few weeks a spattering of antiwar vigils and thinly manned marches has grown in size and fervor. There is still a long way to go before a million people march on Washington -- but the voices of dissent can now be heard, and often from unlikely sources...