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...precisely at the moment that I envision myself clapping, a lump develops in my throat. The Yasser Arafat of yesterday is still very much alive, maybe not in the news, but in my mind. He was the head of the P.L.O., an organization recognized across the world as one heavily involved in terrorist activities...
...means, namely the pursuit of peace via the strategies of war, today this image conveys the dichotomy between the Arafat of today and the Arafat of yesterday. He brings peace, but he brought war. As we clap for the former, it is the latter action which leaves the lump in our throats...
...thing we can do differently is instead of giving a lump sum of money, is to direct it to...something more specific to our class," Cahn said...
...House Commerce Committee passed a Republican proposal that drastically revamps Medicaid, the health-care program for the poor, following the general G.O.P. prescription for welfare: no more federally guaranteed benefits; instead, lump-sum grants to the states to spend as they see fit. Senate Republicans unveiled a similar plan. But the G.O.P.'s decision to hold short and swift hearings on the $182 billion cost-savings plan--as well as on the even more controversial G.O.P. Medicare overhaul--prompted a full-scale rebellion by Democrats, who held alternative "hearings" on the lawn of the Capitol. The party leadership vowed...
Apparently, your columnist views black opinion as nearly monolithic and thinks that because Thomas is black, he must represent the views of liberal civil rights organizations. It is demeaning and condescending to try to lump the diverse members of an entire community into one orthodoxy and deem only one view authentic. No one would suggest that Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer must reflect "Jewish views," or that Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy must represent "Irish opinions." Moreover, the Supreme Court is not a representative body; its members are appointed for life so that they...