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...George Bush realized. When he offered his own justification of the gulf war in the State of the Union message last January, the President said nothing about jobs or oil. Instead he invoked a loftier theme: "We are Americans, part of something larger than ourselves." The U.S., he continued, was fighting for "the universal aspirations of mankind -- peace and security, freedom, and the rule...
Perhaps we should not place our sports heroes on pedestals, but we do. And with the possible exception of Michael Jordan, who announced last week that he also plans to devote himself to the anti-AIDS campaign, none of our sports heroes occupies a loftier pedestal than Magic. His unblemished popularity crosses race lines, class lines, age lines, city lines. (Witness his dozens of successful product endorsements...
When Nixon's attention turns to his real enemies -- Jews, Democrats, liberals, intellectuals, anyone who came from a loftier social background than he did -- the President erupts in spurts of venom about clowns in government, conspiratorial leakers, preacher types, gum-chewing reporters, Kennedys. "A lot of our own people come in here, and they start sucking around the Georgetown set. All of a sudden, they're just as bad as the others . . . They're disgusting." He speculates that the antiwar protests are part of a Jewish plot. "Aren't the Chicago Seven all Jews? ((Rennie)) Davis...
...have built a thriving business in poise and pulchritude. Their company, Guyrex Associates, oversees the Texas and California state franchises of the Miss USA competition as well as dozens of local pageants. Guy and Holt also serve as coaches and consultants to the young women as they strive for loftier titles. Says Holt: "We're selling a total product: glamour and all that goes with...
...Ronald Reagan loved to sing paeans to America's unique role as "a city on a hill" -- an inspiring model of democracy and free enterprise. Now that much of the world seems to be moving in a democratic direction, the U.S. should set its sights on an even loftier, more urgent mission: saving the planet...