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...ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, the author mentions how the themes of his book reflect his origins, "from Jewish parents who fled Hitler, and who tried in their transplanted lives to retain the balance between hope and reason which is called liberalism." William Ellery Channing also retained this balance, at a time when it was most delicate. He promoted the idea of a national literature, sought an American Milton enthusiastically while quietly harboring fears and doubts that America could produce one. The beauty of Delbanco's essay resides in its expansiveness: it opens outward from Channing's life to ask larger questions, and leaves...
...portray Western business concerns as honest but unfortunate victims of greedy villains of the Third World. Yet it is commonplace for American businessmen to spend billions of dollars annually converting good will and influence into profits. To accomplish this, great care is taken to retain the "properly positioned" law firms, the influential former military generals, prestigious interlocking corporate directors, graduates from the "right" business schools, effective political lobbyists, influential public relations companies, relatives of prominent people. And the U.S. Internal Revenue Service will accept the accompanying costs as legitimate business expense...
...That somehow one keeps liking him, laughing at him, worrying about him, speaks of a gift that goes beyond craft, just as Heard's portrayal of a wildly obsessed lover in 1979's Head over Heels did. He is one of the very few actors who can retain their humanity while tumbling over a psychological edge...
...south of the Negev. Meantime, Israeli air force officials are looking at ways to keep Etzion operational until the very last minute before the transfer. Said one officer: "Some Americans say privately to us that they can't believe we can give it back." If the Israelis cannot retain the two Sinai bases, they would like the U.S. to have access to them -but that idea is strongly opposed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat...
...outstanding year, the Eliot House sophomore will attempt to retain his All-American status at this year's NCAAs, in Austin. Texas March...