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...House G.O.P. leaders rallied to support his re-election, Democrats circled ravenously. Said David Bonior, Democratic whip and the Speaker's nemesis: "Mr. Gingrich engaged in a pattern of tax fraud, lies and cover-up in paving his road to the second highest office of this land. He is not worthy of that office." Bonior called for the Department of Justice, the FBI, a grand jury and others to investigate. Said he: "The Gingrich case does not end here...
Over the past 15 years, the Saudis contend there has been a pattern of Iranian subversion against Saudi Arabia. The tactics have ranged from bringing agents in on rubber boats to smuggling them across the Yemeni border. Riyadh says some infiltrators are employed in or near Saudi military installations; others have allegedly agitated radical elements of the Shi'ite community...
...Indonesia had been a Marxist state, America undoubtedly would have opposed the invasion and transformed it into a pressing global issue. But true to the Cold War pattern, the atrocities committed by America's right-wing and reactionary allies were ignored or even encouraged and praised using twisted anti-communist logic. For example, the Reagan administration pretended that the rape, torture and murder of civilians ranging from students to nuns in El Salvador was merely a legitimate attempt to resist Soviet encroachment in the Western hemisphere. These myths were also propagated by the mass media...
...picked out a festive holiday sweater--settling eventually for the tasteful green and red snowflake pattern rather than the one with the stitched-on ornaments and candy canes that I hated to leave behind. I even braved the mall the morning after Thanksgiving for the first time ever, and lasted close to three hours among throngs of family members whose Thanksgiving harmony had long since faded. My shopping is not anywhere near finished, but I feel a certain pride for coming back prepared...
...years. At mid-century, it was little better. After 1950, however, things started to stir. In a single year, subtle improvements in medical care caused the 47-year figure to jump 2%. The next year it jumped another 2%; then another. For four decades, that pattern has roughly continued, a compounding of existential interest that, according to U.S. figures, has pushed the average life expectancy to nearly 76, with many Americans living well beyond. Less conservative demographers are more optimistic still, believing a child born in America today can realistically look forward to living 100 years. Last week the sunnier...