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...warned Lincoln that if he did not rally, he would most certainly die. Lincoln replied that he was more than willing to die, but that he had "done nothing to make any human being remember that he had lived," and that "to link his name with something that would redound to the interest of his fellow man was what he desired to live...
...your-face brand of American optimism. And thus sports, as Knight has asserted, are 'the culture of the U.S.' By exporting the culture he has conquered the world for America. Knight, however, does not believe empires last forever ... The pursuit of cheap labor, for example, can redound on the mighty. But Knight also believes in the eternal return-that Nike's pre-eminence can be restored again and again. Geoff Hollister, a sports consultant who has worked with Knight for 25 years, advises rivals: 'Laugh at him once, and see how long it takes for him to catch up with...
...nuclear reprisal that would almost surely end his rule. But if he could punish either country and survive, he might do it. He has not contracted out his aggressions up to now. But he might risk supplying terrorists with his deadliest weapons if he saw a way it might redound to his power...
...selection as the host city will redound to its benefit. Government officials, eager to put the best face on the city for the 30,000 expected visitors, have repaved the roads, expanded the airport, built a new downtown expressway and preened the beachfront parks and promenades. Street children have been rounded up and placed in shelters, homeless migrants have been sent packing, and law enforcement has been beefed up. Officials have also started some ambitious environmental projects, chief among them the cleanup of Guanabara Bay. The project will cost $667 million, $450 million of it to be lent...
WHETHER OR NOT the student demonstrations are indirectly connected with the reform leaders in some fashion, the conduct of the demonstrations will be a factor in politics. If order is maintained and no violence occurs, the demonstrations may redound to the support of "democratic" reforms, however they may be defined. If on the other hand violence does occur, a life is lost and that Chinese bugaboo "chaos" is threatened, then the demonstrators may not have helped their cause. Obviously there is a great opportunity for dirty work...