Word: meekness
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...Buenos Aires Herald, who is currently a Nieman Fellow at Harvard: "Here is an ordinary person showing that one man can do an enormous amount. It's like David being equipped with armor, not just a slingshot. This is one of the few cases of the meek inheriting the earth...
...kind of well-meant advice illustrates a weakness common to several members of Reagan's "family." Not only do they lack national and international experience, they have been so close to Reagan for so long that they have trouble stepping back to assess him critically. Meese is no meek yes-man. But as Reagan's loyal chief of staff in Sacramento, he grew comfortable with the Governor by stilling rather than stirring up waves. His status with Reagan is secure. Reagan was once asked, given just one telephone call, whom he would dial in a crisis. His instant...
...consensual, eco-conscious, non-violent Clams and the high-tech nuclear death merchants backed by the legal violence of the state--may have sung songs of love and Oneness, but they were forced to hightail it back through the marshes just the same. Right does not make might. The meek shall inherit the shaft. A miracle is the only hope...
...recognized as a dubious guide to the exercise of power. The Bible is, of course, President Carter's basic manual. Were he more inclined to the thunder of the Old Testament, the U.S. might have a better global position. But Carter runs to the New Testament, wherein the meek inherit the world, turn the other cheek, love enemies, are first by being last, and find strength made perfect in weakness...
...minister to a few fallen persons (the hostages) may harm his nation-or never get to his destination. Turning away from evil (the Shah) may invite a greater evil (the Ayatullah Khomeini). Soviet Defense Minister Dmitri F. Ustinov seems to be inheriting more of the world than are the meek...