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...authority of statistics and history to his argument: with an elegant weaving of charts and cultural observations, he paints a picture of the Reagan decade as America's third period of "heyday capitalism," when the poor got poorer, the middle class had to get rich in order to retain a middle-class life-style, and being rich had to be redefined to account for the tripling in the number of multimillionaires...
...outstanding scholar and teacher," said Government Department Chair Robert Keohane. "We were lucky we were able to retain...
...envision Europe as a union of states with common institutions to assure military and environmental security, along with cooperation in science and culture. Each state would retain its local and national character and have the right to protect its special interests without prejudice to others. Borders must remain inviolable, but they should also acquire a new quality of openness, permitting all kinds of cooperation and communication, as long as it is based on equity and mutual respect...
...that sticking point remains. The commission voted narrowly to retain the controversial line, prompting criticism from Rabbi A. James Rudin of the American Jewish Committee, who is calling for a completely new play that "should reflect the reality of the 'cursed' Jewish people living in a reborn and independent state of Israel." Co-directors Christian Stuckl and Otto Huber, who worked closely with Jewish groups on the text, were also unhappy about the line's retention. "The effect of this sentence through the centuries was a very bad one," acknowledges Huber. Citing Christian theologians, Huber argues that the blood curse...
...million people. Most are descendants of Korean laborers who came to the islands when Japan's 1910-1945 colonization of the peninsula took away their jobs and land. More than four decades later, there is little discernible difference between the two peoples, but Koreans still face discrimination. Those who retain their Korean citizenship are ineligible for most civil service jobs, such as public school teaching, and they cannot vote...