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...industrial. They typify the thinking that predominated in all the great book-religions until the transformations of the past 300 years. In these religions, knowledge was presumed to have come from a divine source and to be contained in sacred scriptures. Only a select few, it was thought, could interpret these works correctly, faithful to the divine will. In the great book-religions, these great books specifically, and language more generally, partook of the sacred; the path to truth and to divinity passed through particular men, the initiates...
Interning on Capitol Hill necessarily steeps one in a daily flood of political information and expert analysis. And yet, of the numerous political analysts who attempt to interpret the latest developments and character of the '96 presidential campaign, none have surpassed that greatest of social critics, Shakespeare, in capturing the essence of Election...
...begin when the antidivorce movement starts getting its way. For one thing, the more militant among its members want to "re-stigmatize" divorce with the cultural equivalent of a scarlet D. Sadly though, divorce is already stigmatized in ways that are harmful to children. Studies show that teachers consistently interpret children's behavior more negatively when they are told that the children are from "broken" homes--and, as we know, teachers' expectations have an effect on children's performance. If the idea is to help the children of divorce, then the goal should be to de-stigmatize divorce among...
...cold warriors. "Both [Senator Edward] Kennedy and [Senator Jesse] Helms are in a pro-Taiwan mode," says a senior U.S. official, "the former because of China's appalling human-rights record, the latter because Taiwan is the last anticommunist country in the world." Angered by what they interpret as Beijing's uncompromising, uncooperative behavior, the containment forces are convinced China is a bully that needs to be disciplined, not indulged. They urge that the U.S. get tough and stop acquiescing. Says former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger: "Their whole foreign policy has turned suddenly much more aggressive, and that bodes...
...hope that we'll draw more people who are right now non-honors," Metrick said. "I think it would be difficult to interpret this as a watering-down. The fact that econometrics is going to be required is if anything a beef...