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...their revolt against cultural matriarchy, these moderns were inspired and guided by two rival geniuses of psychology: the great precursor William James, who had died in 1910, and Sigmund Freud. There is a certain irony in the latter's role: Freud visited New York only once, in 1909, and was not impressed. He acknowledged that America was the first country to embrace psychoanalysis but detested the democratizing tendencies of the country's culture. Yet his ideas had a formative influence on writers as varied as Eugene O'Neill and James Thurber...
...would enacting term limits shift the balance of power within the federal government towards the President, as many opponents of term limits contend. The turnover in Congress was far higher during the latter part of the 19th century than in the decades since World War II. Yet the 1870s and 1880s were characterized by weak presidents and a dominant Congress, while recent decades have seen the exact opposite. Clearly, no relationship exists between the power of Congress and term limits...
...consumers. One measure would pressure parties in certain federal lawsuits to settle or else risk paying a portion of the other side's legal fees. Another would establish national standards for product-liability cases and cap punitive damages in civil cases. After lobbying by pharmaceutical companies and doctors, the latter bill was amended to immunize the makers of FDA-approved drugs and devices from punitive damages and cap medical-malpractice awards for pain and suffering...
...this distinction leap to mind. First, Iran, unlike China, does not represent a vast market. We have no reason to compromise our standards if there is no profit to be reaped. Second, Iran's sponsorship of international terrorism is not analogous to China's disregard for human rights. The latter materially threatens only the Chinese; the former, the entire world...
...flinging bits of raw, unfiltered indictments of urban life at its audience, "Warriors" depresses the spirit in order to redeem it with a glimmer of hope in the end. While violence serves a dual purpose, to caress the fetish as well as to sicken the heart, it is the latter purpose Tamahori hopes will resonate most deeply with his audiences...