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...women to the streets to cope with Israeli soldiers," cries of outrage erupted in the audience. When he claimed further that the Jewish concern for women and children is something that "is not known in, maybe, your circles," the comment was hotly denounced by the Palestinians as an "outright racist statement." In the midst of this tinderbox, Koppel handled himself with poise / and scrupulous fairness, trying his best (not always successfully) to cut short rambling speeches and keeping emotions under control by the sheer force of his calming intellect...
Harvard can win the Ivy title outright with a victory over Princeton, Wednesday at Beren Tennis Center...
Earlier, the House of Representatives sent an even sharper message by approving an outright ban on dial-a-porn lines in an amendment to the $8.3 billion education bill. The measure would simply outlaw any "obscene" telephone services. Although some legislators expressed doubt about the bill's constitutionality, California Republican William Dannemeyer, a co-sponsor of the amendment, declared, "People want it banned. Let the Supreme Court rule on constitutionality...
Gorbachev recognizes the difference between resistance to his policies and outright opposition. Earlier this month the Soviet leader acknowledged that perestroika "has simply frightened people; quite a few have lost their bearings." Even so, he went on, he was not about to back off: "We have every reason to say that the decisive struggle for the success of perestroika has begun." And it will go on with a team more precisely tailored to the boss's wishes...
...societal pressure to have children ("People ask, Are you a child person or not? You're not? O.K."). As for fears of growing old without children, Psychologist Goodchilds explains, "For many, not having children removes the concern of being a burden to your children in old age." However, outright regret is not unusual. Despite three nephews, a golden retriever and a cat, Suzanne Childs, 45, a twice-divorced Los Angeles lawyer, says, "Knowing what I know now, I would have married someone different and had a child...