Word: jacob
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Minnesota Democrat Hubert Humphrey and New Jersey Republican Clifford Case sponsored a Senate measure urging "sympathetic consideration" for Israeli co-production of the F16. New York Republican Jacob Javits and Idaho Democrat Frank Church introduced another, restating U.S. pledges to maintain Israel's military strength. The White House, worried by the possibility of a rash of similar resolutions in behalf of other nations, hastily sought a compromise. The Humphrey-Case measure was withdrawn, the Javits-Church toned down. Carter in return stoutly declared at a White House press conference that Israel was entitled to arms because of its "special...
Jaynes draws from the Old Testament for evidence of the breakdown of bicameralism. He says early characters like Abraham lacked consciousness; they heard the word of God and they obeyed. Later sections of the Old Testament reveal men as more instrospective, however. While Jacob merely accepted his dreams at face value, his son Joseph interpreted them. "Moses is on the verge of being a conscious man," Jaynes says. The Hebrew law-giver "still hears the voice of God, but he only sees a burning bush, and Dueteronomy says he is the last to see God face-to-face. From that...
...flip-flop on the rebate cost him some support. Many people had already made plans for spending their rebates. A few Congressmen felt betrayed. But most congressional leaders applauded Carter. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd said the President had made a "wise decision." Liberal Republican Senator Jacob Javits of New York called it "prudent and courageous...
...Pilot Jacob Veldhuizen Van Zanten, 51, a 25-year career flyer so experienced that he spent half his time training other KLM pilots (when a KLM official first heard of the crash he wanted to send a pilot to the investigation: Veldhuizen), rolled toward takeoff without getting tower clearance to do so? Even defensive Dutch authorities agreed that "no takeoff clearance had been given...
Galbraith's project attempts to do for the history of economics what Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man did for science and what Kenneth Clark's Civilisation did for art. Of the three, the professor emeritus from Harvard has the most difficult job. Economics is hard on the head and soft on visuals. Portraits of Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes are simply not as rousing as thermonuclear explosions or The Naked Maja. But the obscure theories that economists set adrift have far-reaching consequences. Said Keynes: "Practical men, who believe themselves...