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...yesterday, on the spot where George Washington first took command of the Continental army, the outward signs of patriotism were all there. The veterans put on their uniforms once again and held their flags aloft. A taped band played martial airs, and the military cannon was fired once again...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Late Arrivals Fail to Spoil Ceremony | 4/17/1990 | See Source »

Passover impels us to look outward, at social conditions and how they must change. At the same time, Passover also asks us to look inward. "In each and every generation, we must try to experience personally the Exodus from Egypt"--so we have said as the holiday began. To experience the Exodus is to know what suffering and deprivation are, to understand that autonomy--not domination--is the true opposite of slavery. Retelling the Exodus helps us to recapture sensitivities which we may not have learned from our own experience...

Author: By Jonathan S. Savett, | Title: Servitude to Service: A Pesach Message | 4/14/1990 | See Source »

...judge by all the outward sings, Pierce is poised to break away from his sole remaining rival, former U.S. Attorney William F. Weld '66, in the Republican gubernatorial primary next September...

Author: By Erik M. Weitzman, | Title: Weld Regroups After Loss | 3/20/1990 | See Source »

...cause is neither trendy nor fashionable, but a basic American belief that spans generations. The N.R.A.'s strength has never originated in Washington but instead has reached outward and upward from Biloxi, Albuquerque, Concord, Tampa, Topeka -- from every point on the compass and from communities large and small. Those who fail to grasp this widespread commitment will never understand the depth of political and philosophical dedication symbolized by the letters N.R.A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The N.R.A.'s Case for Firearms | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

Midstream may remind a few of Ludwig Lewisohn's Mid-Channel. Sixty years ago, this journalist also tired of Manhattan's temptations and asked, "How do you live from within outward? From what ultimate satisfactions do you derive your poise, your power, your courage in the face of this apparently empty universe, of age, of death?" Schreiber offers some honest answers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Running Deep | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

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