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...home, as F. Scott Fitzgerald put it, the country went on "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history." People laughed a lot but without bitterness. Underneath I its frivolity the country remained devout about the American verities. The American system was hardly questioned, and the phrase "God's country" could still be used unblushingly...
...John Fitzgerald Kelley...
...they should first research the facts. The Western countries have, then far, failed to convince South Africa to relinquish its control over Namibia is due, in part, to misconceptions about the Namibia dispute among leaders in the West. Let's not contribute to the confusion in the future. Ari Fitzgerald...
...Prime Minister, who urged voters to reject the amendment, the issue is filled with irony. Three elections ago, FitzGerald let the genie out of the bottle when he told the pro-life group that an abortion amendment "was an integral part of our program." Two governments later, his Fein Gael Party drafted a proposed amendment, only to have it rejected by coalition dissidents in favor of an alternative advanced by the Fianna Fáil opposition. All the while, the struggle between the pro-and antiabortion lobbies took on a strongly religious character. Groups of nuns distributed pro-life literature...
...vote may bring precisely the opposite result because the amendment is vaguely worded. It reads in part: "The state acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect . . . vindicate and defend that right." As FitzGerald put it, "The most vulnerable word, legally speaking, is 'unborn...