Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strength in overseas relations: the total absorption in politics that makes his acts and motives suspect to many Americans strikes a responsive chord in foreign leaders, themselves politicians, who appreciate his expertise in building coalitions and surviving tough elections. The proposal for four-power talks was primarily a U.S. idea, but Clinton graciously gave all the credit to South Korean President Kim Young Sam, supplying a needed boast to Kim's popularity at home...
...Today, though, with Rabin a martyr and Peres his successor, what was said back then is worth recording. Sitting in his spare Tel Aviv office--his clean desk marred only by an ashtray and the cigarettes he chain-smoked to distraction--Rabin began: "Shimon is in love with an idea, land for peace. Sometimes that's fine. Obviously we wouldn't have peace with Egypt if we hadn't given up the Sinai. But I worry that in seeking a larger peace, Peres, to prove that he's tough, might overreact in a way that's harmful...
Such excitement is tempered with caution though, because as Purin explains, "I don't have any idea what to expect or what the scene is like [in Europe...
...media exposure, has turned into a symbol for outsiders who are disgruntled with the way things are going in America. Like the country at large, the Harvard community considers activists to be dangerous. Being an activist therefore means accepting the role as a "threat." Sometimes activists push that idea a little far by actively associating themselves with known threats: a.k.a. the Unabomber...
...with La O and with the lack of a progressive and unified Latino voice on campus. As someone of mixed background, I often fumble with the notion of joining an ethnic organization on campus. The problem is that there are so many that I get turned off from the idea. I don't know where to go. The existence of so many varied ethnic organizations is a sign of disorganization and more than anything else it promotes the very disunity and division to which Santini refers...