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...McGovern's every statement is couched in moral terms; those who oppose him are evil. Such extremism tends to breed a volatile situation which makes grave excesses of power possible. A McGovern Administration would put the American regime in jeopardy, a very sad prospect when we stop to ponder the likely alternatives...
...conception of Judas as hero evolves, moreover, with what used to be called a fruitful ambiguity, leaving the reader to ponder the author's real intent. For while Judas begins as a humanist hero and Della Paresi is clearly a villain, it becomes progressively clear just how much Judas, the political revolutionary, and this unscrupulous priest resemble each other. They are both, in fact, unpleasant Ubermen-schen who see themselves as saviors of mankind but scorn all other men and other men's laws. Judas and Della Paresi agree that the meek will never inherit the earth...
Next Bargain. When Ling bought up companies at low prices, however, few of his shareholders stopped to ponder that he could get them cheap precisely because they had ponderous problems. Hoping both to solve those problems and raise more and more cash, Ling sliced up the major parts of his empire, creating smaller companies. (When he cut Wilson & Co. into separate meatpacking, sporting-goods and drug firms, brokers dubbed them "meat ball, golf ball and goof ball.") The plan was to sell new shares in these companies to the public, as well as to give plenty of options to their...
While the experts ponder, the current dilemma remains and can be read on the backs of the ever-multiplying automobiles that choke Western city streets. The license plates still brag about BIG SKY COUNTRY and LAND...
Securities and Exchange Commission, which, the Journal implied, is considering both civil and criminal proceedings in the matter. Meanwhile, an embarrassed Otis Chandler can only ponder the cruelties of misplaced friendship. "Jack called me a couple of times after the trouble started," Chandler told TIME. "He was in tears telling me his profound regret. He tried to apologize. I didn't accept...