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...national pangs of guilt, however, apparently did not extend to more practical levels. Mrs. Meir chose the occasion to suggest that future relations between Japan and Israel might flourish -meaning that Tokyo could lean on some of its largest corporations, who have declined to trade with Israel for fear of an Arab boycott. Japan depends on Arab nations for 30% of its oil; trade with the Arab states totals $1.7 billion annually overall, while with Israel it is only about $48 million...
...unofficial guideline worked well--his years as head of the Harvard Press coincide with the "good-time" years of university presses throughout the country. Especially in the late 50's and early 60's, money was loose and the buying public made it possible for university based presses to flourish in America...
America cannot be completely absolved from responsibility for the assassinations, if only because it has created the conditions in which the killers live and flourish. Something in U.S. society leads them to favor one particular outlet, now morbidly familiar. The assassinations are, in a way, a reflection of the emotionalism of life in America today: near-utopian expectations from American life and a spurned lover's disillusion when these expectations are unfulfilled. This is often combined with rootlessness, both geographic and moral. Cut off from any real community, the lonely men in rooming houses (but sometimes also on campuses...
Cornell's final flourish was nothing short of spectacular. After losing to Army last Tuesday, the Big Red won its last five league games in three days, four of them by one run. Cornell concluded its stretch drive by taking a doubleheader from Penn yesterday...
With the theatrical flourish of a vaudeville troupe, the freshman basketball squad thrilled, but disappointed, about 40 enthusiastic fans Monday as it dropped a tough contest to the Merrimack junior varsity...