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...Kuttner concludes with an almost mournful plea to learn from our mistakes; the problem is that so far only the Right has transformed the failures of the Great Society into an agenda for the '80s. Americans committed to social justice mow face the future leaderless, devoid of new ideas and without a working-class base of support. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, a man conspicuous in his absense from Kuttner's book is fond of saying, "the flame may flicker, but the danger dream will never die." Yet the flame is in danger without the fuel of new ideas and vision...
...answers--but out of the explanations come profound observations about the nature and meaning of time. "What is past is not dead, it is not even past. We cut ourselves off from it; we pretend to be strangers," Wolf writes. Thus A Model Childhood becomes above all a plea to reconnect ourselves with our past, and teach our children the lessons of history as best we can--not to perpetuate guilt, but rather to promote sensitivity in the present...
...nine rows of ribbons on his chest and four silver stars on each epaulet, General Wojciech Jaruzelski strode to the rostrum of Warsaw's parliamentary chamber and formally took over as Poland's new Premier. In the clipped tones of a military commander, he addressed both a plea and a stern warning to the troubled nation. "I am appealing at this moment for three months of uninterrupted work, 90 days of calm," said the general. He went on to promise that his new government would be willing to sit down with Solidarity, the independent union federation, to examine...
EDWARD ASNER, though, as the tight-assed commander Connolly delivers the film's muddled message in Fort Apache's penultimate scene. Asner, a talented, politically active performer, plays this role with conviction and, like the film-makers, probably thought the movie would come off sounding like a humane plea to America to save the South Bronx. Asner's convictions and intentions make his scene with Newman--where Connolly tries to persuade Murphy not to leave the force--all the more ironic. "The precinct must be a house of law," Asner says passionately. "Damn it, there're people out there...
...Harvard and MIT facilities serving liquor to see whether they might be forced to charge sales tax on the beverages. "We shouldn't be extending privileges to Harvard University, and the granting of a liquor license is nothing but a privilege." Velluci said. "Since they haven't heard our plea for help in this time of fiscal crisis, I don't see why we should help them,: he added...