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Fresh Fish. In part, the new pragmatism stems from desperation: Palestinians no longer believe that the Jews can be driven out of Israel. But it also reflects the indisputable fact that life under the Israelis has not been as harsh as most Palestinians had feared. Money and private cars have been in short supply since the war, and the West Bank telephone system, sabotaged by the departing Jordanians, is still a shambles. But food is plentiful, including the fresh sea fish that Palestinians love and the Jordanians were unable to supply. More important, there have been no mass repressions...
...years since have, of course, proved Churchill right. Morgenthau had predicted that unless his harsh demands were met, Germany would make another war within ten years after the surrender. When this failed to happen and West Germany became a prized and democratic member of the Western Alliance, the old hawk must have been puzzled-and probably unconvinced...
...these days as the plight of the second-class citizen, and even the Duchess of Windsor, 70, qualifies. The Duchess "has been officially relegated to the position of a second-class wife," complains British Genealogist Philip Thomas in the latest edition of the authoritative Burke's Peerage. The harsh terms of her morganatic marriage to the abdicated King Edward VIII in 1937 were "the most flagrant act of discrimination in the whole history of our dynasty," Thomas fumed, arguing that she ought to be recognized as the "consort of a royal prince" and referred to as "Her Royal Highness...
...Harsh Terms. The America's Cup is the closest thing to a Holy Grail in sport. "On no other sporting prize," wrote the late Everett B. Morris, in his definitive history Sailing for America's Cup, "has so much gold, technical virtuosity, brainpower and brawn been expended." The contest, not the old Victorian silver ewer, is the thing. In the demands it makes on boat and man, it is the ultimate, the very pinnacle in yachting. What started 116 years ago as a gentlemen's lark, has become a proving ground for technocrats, a vast public spectacle...
...such harsh terms faced John...