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...surprising that embattled groups on this campus invoke "free speech" almost by reflex. When the scheduled panel appearance of a Palestine Liberation Organization members at a Law School conference came under fire two weeks ago, one professor, defending the invitation, argued. "The PLO like the Nazi Party, has an absolute right to speak...
...Camp David has cooled considerably. Mubarak refused to visit Jerusalem last month and Israel stepped up its pressure on the Palestinians in both the West Bank and southern Lebanon. The hazy framework of Palestinian autonomy hammered out at Camp David appears more remote than ever and the ominous reflex is to embrace the PLO or to bring the Soviets into comprehensive negotiations along the lines of the 1973 Geneva talks...
...reflex in the United States has been to excoriate Israel on all fronts. But it is eminently hypocritical for a country which likes to bargain from a position of strength with its supposedly mortal enemies to condemn Israel for doing the same with its tangibly mortal enemies. Little attention and even less presciences to Camp David specifically and the Middle East generally has permitted the situation to deteriorate at a time when it should be improving...
...borrowers be thwarted? There are attempts. Some hopefuls glue EX LIBRIS stickers to the inside covers (clever drawings of animals wearing glasses, and so forth)-as if the presence of Latin and the imprint of a name were so formidable as to reverse a motor reflex. It never works. One might try slipping false jackets on one's books-a cover for The Secret Agent disguising Utility Rates in Ottawa: A Woman's View. But book borrowers are merely despicable, not stupid; they tend to leaf before they pluck. Besides, the interesting thing about the feeling of loss...
Bands like REO manage to outsell Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, the Who by swapping individuality for corporate style: heavy guitar chords and sappy strings, music by rote, lyrics by reflex. Says one major record executive: "In the 1960s, commercialism and the heart of rock were pretty much the same. In 1982 the commercial center and the soul of the music are different. It's no accident that these bland, faceless groups with no defined image, no personality, no boldness have the largest-selling albums. They're the easiest to sell...