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...will be as if Washington and Wall Street were suspended in mid-air, their uncertainties less consequential than the outcome of the next forward pass or the next end run. The ideological differences between George Bush and Ted Kennedy will melt into a secondary realm, only to be replaced with an equally ferocious and nearly as time-honored competition. Harvard will be jeered as the Kremlin on the Charles: Yale will be lambasted as Tory Blue. A sense of unabashed partisanship will grip two academic centers of power that usually strive for balance and objectivity...
...Tatiana, Maria, and the elusive Anastasia, who some observers feel survived the family slaughter. For the first time, the faithful prayed not for Nicholas' soul, but for his intercession in their behalf, as a friend of God. For the new St. Nicholas, toppled from one of the earthly realm's most powerful thrones, it was quite a comeback...
...course, intangibles win only if there's execution in the tangible realm. This weekend's victories required a total defensive effort, mostly because both well-disciplined opponents sent seemingly incessant waves of attackers toward the Crimson goal, a tactic which demanded continuous communication, support and anticipation...
...Reagan administration has shown itself doubly weak beneath its veneer of truculent rhetoric. As Moynihan said, Israel has been consigned to the role of the nation weak administrations push around to show how tough they are. In the realm of ideas, it is interesting that the administration felt it necessary to frame the AWACs debate in terms of presidential reliability and credibility abroad. The arguments in favor of the sale were plainly implausible...
...this form. Cliche isn't when it's used for the first time, and the reason things become cliches (and then hackneyed cliches) is because they have--or had--some special power to touch people. And the end of this two-page essay carries it beyond the realm of ironic comment to the realm of something worth saying. "In 1918 I was a private in the Army. My number was 4,345,016. I was a boy of medium weight. I had light hair. I had no absences from duty under G.O. 31, 1912, or G.O. 45, 1914. The number...