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...year’s decline returns us to a season of believing, I think it proper that we renew our commitment to the strength of our righteousness. Now, when we are bruised, when we have tasted blood in our mouth and smelled the breath of wickedness and begun the long hard fight to beat it back with the liberating power of freedom. Our autumn was a progress toward this end. The annual festival of fear was truly terrifying this October, but it passed. November brought in its stead a season for the giving of thanks. And it is part...
...week Congress dramatically expanded the government's power to detain those designated as suspected terrorists. Under the new law, those individuals can be held for questioning for up to seven days without being charged with a crime (the old limit was 48 hours). In special cases, the government can renew the detention orders for as long as six months. The Justice Department sought these powers partly because the Sept. 11 inquiry has shown how difficult it is to root out terrorists who hide as law-abiding citizens. But the policy of rounding up all suspects has irked some agents...
...wage war without mercy on the terrorists" as he convened his security cabinet to discuss a response. The killing will exacerbate pressure on Sharon from the right, forcing him to respond harshly and casting doubt over further relaxation of security measures against the Palestinians in line with efforts to renew negotiations...
...certain fixation on the past took hold alongside a deep uneasiness with the present. Religious reform did not take off. The Muhammad Abdu project to renew Islam the way Martin Luther reformed Christianity ended at the turn of 19th century in disarray, opening the way to more extreme versions of the religion. Efforts to modernize the Arab language and bridge the gap between the spoken vernaculars and the written classical did not materialize. Public spheres--such as a free press, trade unions, civil societies--for debating matters related to the common good were not established. And most important, Muslims...
...prove to be a great mover and shaker in the world of education, Conant claimed he had no great plans for changes at the University. Bok, speaking in the midst of the Vietnam War, told the small audience assembled in University Hall that he hoped to “renew a vision of our future that will rally faculty, students, staff and alumni to the effort that our special resources permit, and the circumstances of our times require.” For Rudenstine, the installation speech was the perfect opportunity to present his five-pronged plan for University reform, including...