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...general, have lost something valuable in their embrace of multiculturalism. What they have lost is a proven system of dealing with the world, a system based on classical philosophy and Christian scripture. But that system was far from perfect, as we are constantly being reminded--and Choi can't pretend that before the universities were secularized, they turned out only saints...
...hardest blow is talking with friends who go to the lesser Ivies in Connecticut and New Jersey. It's easy to pretend you don't care about the Harvard-Yale rivalry when you indisputably attend the best college in the United States. But when some podunk, half-rate magazine calling itself a news provider casts doubt upon that status--as much as you know in your heart of hearts that nothing could possibly be further from the truth--the rivalry suddenly becomes more important...
...bound to go wrong. At the same time he has a determined sense--nearly grim in its seriousness--that whatever is wrong can, with discipline, be made right. The accident has not changed this basic attitude, though the nature of his injury is too serious for him to pretend that a cure is merely another skill to be learned...
...party Jesus would join if were he alive today and elicited this straight-faced response from North: "I think Jesus would like to see us have a little bit left in our pockets, so that we could take the action to help the poor rather than have the government pretend...
...although he might talk about the Golan, he won't give any of it back. So what is there for Assad to talk about? Considering the substance, this is mainly a way to keep the negotiations process in play. The same is true for the U.S.: Clinton needs to pretend things aren't stuck, too." Meanwhile the talks about talks go on and the Golan Heights remains in Israeli hands. -->