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...were already wearily familiar. (Among anchormen only David Brinkley with his wry sanity brought any verbal distinction.) Politicians can be corny, boring or strident, but sometimes wholehearted, amusing or touching. They are an authentic, unpredictable slice of American life. Much of the time the networks preferred to substitute a filter of detached, bloodless and often disdainful commentary by their own people...
...filter back and threaten Israel's northern border again. Israel sometimes goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure its safety. Israeli gunboats intercepted a ferryboat on its run between Cyprus and Beirut last week and brought it to the Israeli port of Haifa. Authorities detained nine passengers, most of them Lebanese Shi'ites who had just returned from Iran. Israeli officials insist Israel will not turn southern Lebanon into a "North Bank," but Defense Minister Moshe Arens admits that a complete pullback is "going to take a little time...
...momentous as such developments are, they have so far touched only a fraction of the country. With a quarter of the world's people scattered across 3.69 million sq. mi., China is so vast and complex that even the most far-reaching reforms will take years to filter down to every farm, village and faraway province. Nor can any regime transform almost overnight a proud nation saddled with a 3,000-year history of turbulence...
Tuesday night's performance seems to say that ABT is potentially still the same company of international acclaim as its dancers are masters of classical ballet and also versatile in other areas. However, in the future, it must filter out those pieces that detract, rather than heighten that impression...
...however, is a neutral unit. Remaining as well informed as it can be, the press functions as a sort of watchdog, putting in perspective the actions of the country at large. The country at large is then well trained in understanding what is hype and what isn't. We filter the information we receive and then turn to the analysis we want to choose. We are free to subscribe to the New Republic or the New Statesman, depending upon our opinion...