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...dogmatists on the left use terms like "self-hating Jew," "Oreo," "banana," "coconut," "racist" and other labels designed to put people in line, to make them conform to established expectations. This damages democracy, and wreaks havoc on the idea of liberal education...
Though Thom took a lot of teasing about his paramilitary pursuits, he fascinated some kids at Mariposa County High School with tales about a secret cave called Havoc, where he claimed to have stored a cache of weapons. Thom could identify knives and guns with uncanny precision, and his military obsession gave rise to a nickname, "G.I. Jenkins." Another was "Indiana Jenkins," since Thom often sported a hat like Indiana Jones' in Raiders of the Lost Ark, his favorite movie. Says his cousin Ed Jenkins: "He was always a dreamer, dreaming of exciting places." His high school yearbook announced, "Expect...
Wreaking such havoc on the body is impossible without the help of local capillaries, the Harvard group found. If a tumor is unsuccessful in recruiting nearby blood vessels, it quickly starves, remaining a dormant and harmless lump of renegade cells surrounded by the body's normal cells...
There are other potential Iraqi surprises. Saddam, remembering the damage done to the U.S.S. Stark by an Exocet missile in 1987, could attack allied ships in the gulf with either air-launched or sea-launched Exocets. They would do little damage to a battleship or cruiser but could cause havoc on a destroyer or frigate. It is also possible that Iraqi frogmen might try to swim in and plant mines in Saudi ports or oil facilities...
...religious thinkers are skeptical. Boston's Bernard Cardinal Law, for one, sees a "regrettable" choice: "either to let ((Saddam)) continue to wreak his havoc unchecked or to defend the cause of justice with arms." Protestant evangelist Billy Graham agrees: "Sometimes it becomes necessary to fight the strong in order to protect the weak." Jewish groups cite the manifest threat that Iraq poses to Israel as well as to Arab lands...