Word: mutedness
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Jewish groups, at least, have been muted in their response thus far, and are unlikely to mount large protests during the remainder of Mandela's trip. That will remove one potential complication from the hastily arranged tour. It was only on May 11 that 70 supporters of the antiapartheid movement...
Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger brushed aside the suggestion that the lesson of Poindexter is that military men should not head the NSC staff. "They should do a better job of teaching constitutional law at the Naval Academy," he said, noting that Army General Colin Powell successfully held the job...
A cousin, seated on the windowsill, waves a straw whisk broom to keep flies away. As they work, the nurse, the brother and the cousin remain silent, as do the rest of the men lying in nearby beds. Rahmat Hussain moans, "Pain, pain, I feel pain." Once or twice, he...
The White House served up native corn bread, lobster, beef and raspberries. Gorbachev ate it all with gusto. Clean-plate man. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger eyed him across the State Dining Room and thought the Russian looked remarkably serene given his troubles back home. Other Soviet experts listened...
They are perhaps the most chilling words in the New Testament: "His blood be on us and on our children." This verse (Matthew 27: 25), in which Jews seemingly take responsibility for Christ's death, has for centuries been cited as biblical justification for Jewish suffering. With anti-Semitic incidents...