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...handy in the event of another Holocaust. Israel also has its own cuisine and its own literature, its own cinema, and its own rock music. Israel represents not only a negative response to anti-Semitism, but an affirmation of traditional Jewish identity. A Zionist is not merely a person who "desires to live in a Jewish state"; a Zionist is a Jew who cares about his national identity. If you truly care, Moses, then you, too, are a Zionist...
Sporting a cowboy hat and his trademark Mickey Mouse tie, Ronald Reagan's onetime political guru Lyn Nofziger strode into federal district court last week to become the first person to stand trial for violating the 1978 Ethics in Government Act. Nofziger, who resigned as a White House aide in January 1982, is accused of illegally lobbying the Administration on behalf of three clients, including the scandal-plagued Wedtech Corp...
...broaden the definition of the deadly syndrome to include all of the damage that can be caused by HIV infection, not just terminal AIDS. A textbook case of AIDS, involving Kaposi's sarcoma or Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, represents only the tip of the iceberg. Epidemiologists estimate that for every person with AIDS, there may be as many as ten more suffering from other illnesses caused by the virus. "The real disease starts when you become infected with HIV," says William Haseltine, chief of biochemical pharmacology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. "AIDS is just the most severe manifestation...
...decision, the Court supported a Hazelwood, Missouri, high school principal who prohibited the printing of two pages of the school's student-edited newspaper. He objected to two articles--he thought one might violate some students' privacy, the other unfair to a person mentioned. Writing for the majority, Justice Byron White called the action "not unreasonable" given the grounding of the principal's concerns that the contents of school newspapers are of "legitimate pedigogical" concern...
Barcelona, who came forward after four years of silence, is the first $ person to claim that he actually witnessed Aquino's slaying. The airport worker said he was in a tow truck 50 ft. from the opposition leader when he saw one of Marcos' soldiers fire the fatal shot. Barcelona's testimony emerged during the trial of 40 defendants, including 36 military men, for Aquino's murder. Why didn't Barcelona tell his story earlier? "I felt my life was in danger," he explained in an affidavit...