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...which follows closely the plot of the play we're watching, he concedes that the first scene will probably be "heavy and stilted," and when his colorless wife launches into a solemn, didactic monologue about why their marriage hasn't worked, he cuts her short with, "We get the gist of this passage." Well, we do get the gist of that passage, and the first scene is heavy and stilted, and all that this charming self-deprecation means is that Levin is a fairly good critic of his own work, although if he had been an excellent one he would...
This week an official task force designated to study the problem is proposing that the 2.6 million-member United Presbyterian Church become the first denomination to adopt a policy of toleration. The gist of its findings: there is no reason in principle to deny ordination to a "self-affirming practicing homosexual Christian," even one who is "open to" or involved in "full companionship or partnership with a person of the same sex." The new proposal would make it possible for any local congregation to employ a homosexual if it wished. The church's various presbyteries (regional associations) must approve...
...allowed to read books, magazines and newspapers, I voraciously read, finding in every word a novelty?something which opened new horizons before my eyes. It was thanks to an article contributed by an American psychologist to the Reader's Digest that I succeeded in getting over my troubles. The gist of that article was that a shock may occur, at any stage in a man's life, which might make him feel that all avenues in front of him are blocked, that life itself is a prison cell with a perpetually locked door...
...last such secret téte-à-téte was six months ago, with former Premier Yitzhak Rabin. The Tangier summit was arranged because Hassan had a message for Dayan from King Khalid of Saudi Arabia, the bankroller of Egypt, Syria, Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The gist of the message, as conveyed by Hassan...
...their talks, Dayan stressed Israel's worries about border security. If Jordan once again controlled the West Bank, he insisted, Palestinian guerrillas might easily slip into Israel to carry out terrorist attacks. The gist of Hussein's reply: "You now control the West Bank. You have your army, police and security services. Have you been able to stop the terrorists? I might even do better than you have done." In the end, Dayan proposed a "functional partition" of the West Bank in exchange for a nonbelligerency treaty. Under such an agreement, the Israelis would maintain Jewish settlements...