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...took it, "forgetting that the amount of money Carter offered is inadequate to the task, that there are still viable neighborhoods that could better use limited resources. No, the South Bronx is an outrage! We will not tolerate outrages!" Because "New York politics was bursting with a quasi-religious fervor," New Yorkers transformed essentially nonideological issues, like balancing the budget and educating children, into moral crusades...
...midst of their revolution last week to celebrate the ancient Persian new year, Now Ruz. Traditionally it is a time for family gatherings, exchanges of sweets and a long holiday from work, but this year's holiday for many people was not an altogether happy one. Revolutionary fervor was giving way to cynicism. There were unresolved quarrels among disparate forces claiming to represent Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. The government of Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan, struggling to cope with economic chaos, faced a new threat: an outbreak of violence among rebellious Kurds in the western city of Sanandaj. As thousands clogged...
...days before Carter decided on his odyssey, he talked late one night with guests about his deepest worry-Israel was isolating itself in an increasingly hostile world. It had no other powerful friend besides the U.S., Carter noted with unusual fervor. Sadat had made a startling gesture for peace and Israel still quibbled. The Arabs were growing more hostile, richer, and they have enormous manpower. Western Europe, thirsting for oil, was irritated, and some of its leaders, like France's Giscard, were downright contemptuous of Israeli behavior. Nobody, continued the President, knew what would happen to American sentiments...
...discovered the self-benefits of helping others when it carried out the Marshall Plan with bipartisan fervor beginning in 1948. The U.S. was the first great power to use aid as a major instrument of foreign policy, and over the next two decades the nation was by far the biggest source of such assistance. There were many intricate reasons for America's subsequent disenchantment with foreign aid, but it became pronounced during the Viet Nam War. It was in 1968 that Congress radically slashed the proposed aid budget-by 40%, to a 21-year low of $1.75 billion. Since...
...battling the odds with McCarthyesque fervor, the Crimson women struggled to a tie for fourth place out of 17 teams, fading from first or second place only when they tired at the end of a 10-hour...