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...incontrovertible fact that Hitler tried to commit genocide and came dangerously close to succeeding. In The Auschwitz Myth they seek new excuses to justify their long-held beliefs. But for the rational people whose curiosity might be piqued by a book banning, better to criticize the book than forbid...
...from Berlin. At first, U.S. officials maintained that Stanley was on a "training mission." Later, however, the U.S. embassy in the capital of San Salvador announced that Stanley's immediate superior had been relieved of duty for ordering the sergeant to act in violation of congressional strictures that forbid advisers to enter Salvadoran combat zones. Two other U.S. military men were also sent home. The entire incident was almost certainly bound to generate further controversy about the U.S. role in El Salvador, and about whether the more than $160 million in requested military and economic aid to the country...
...there are issues out there that the Faculty could be discussing. But they of Harvard's Faculty, are also most likely to prove for the University. The Faculty Council for one example, spent much of the spring of 1981 discussing a Gay Students association (GSA) proposal that the University forbid discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Eventually it quested the proposal. But the Council operates behind closed doors, and University Hall quickly nixed the GSA's follow-up effort to bring the issue before the Faculty itself, so the arguments responsible for the proposal's defeat never came...
...means the next Clark Gable, he does have some inherent promise as a male romantic lead. But Best Friends simply is not his style, and until he finds the right film to develop his potential, we'll continue to be nostalgic for Gator, White Lightning, and even--God forbid--Smokey and the Bandit...
...contrast to black Africa, where Christianity may well become the majority religion by the year 2000, post-colonial Asia is an area where Christians constitute a mere 4.4% of the population. Although most Muslim and Communist lands forbid proselytizing, missionaries have been able to seize surprising opportunities in Asia, particularly among remote adherents of tribal religions. Consider the extraordinary odyssey of one Oklahoma family: J. Russell Morse, his sons Eugene and Robert, and the eight of their twelve children who are now third-generation missionaries...