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...This doesn't mean we prefer Israeli control over Palestinian authority. I still think the Palestinian authority is more cooperative with the people than Israeli authorities," he said...
...ingratiation. Yet all the while you sense that if things weren't going his way, things wouldn't be going at all. After a day or two in his company, one gathers that Crichton would choose, in a fair world, to be treated like the next fellow; he would prefer that we acknowledge his genius, but make no fuss. ("How smart is Michael?" his wife was once asked. "How smart did he tell you he was?" she replied. It's a sly family). A fair world, he would say, would omit his private life from any public discussion...
...PUCC does more harm than help in the progress to a real student government. Its obviously selective membership, its cache of specialized issues, and its breathtaking ambition--or foolishness--(and I prefer the latter) will sour caring students' hopes for the U.C. long into the future. Until then, I'll see you on a cold October night at the Gala Ball...
...profit from a successful undertaking in the communications field when they are allowed to use the convergence of modes technology. Congress stands to gain nothing, except more money from special interests and the power over the lives of the millions of people who rely on communications services. I would prefer to have the service planned by those motivated by profit because they must compete for my subscription to their service. They will set up an efficient and easy-to-use system that will enhance the lives of consumers. Congress would just confuse us all. If they can't make...
...political philosophy, I am a fiscal conservative with a social conscience. Neither of the two major parties, however, fits me comfortably in its present state. Granted, politics is the art of compromise, but for now I prefer not to compromise just so that I can say I belong to this or that party. I am troubled by the political passion of those on the extreme right who seem to claim divine wisdom on political as well as spiritual matters. God provides us with guidance and inspiration, not a legislative agenda. I am disturbed by the class and racial undertones beneath...