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...everywhere--he does a tremendous job. He's done a great thing with his image and really kept it pretty clean," says Bulls backup center Bill Wennington. "And he's so cute." Jordan is a vessel into which America can pour anything it wants. He's noble, charming, righteous and kind, not because he necessarily is but because we want him to be. And, yes, Bill, it helps that he's good looking...
Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr's investigations go on and on [NATION, May 11]. There are few things more frightening than a self-righteous, self-important "guardian" of public morals and minds like Starr, a tin-pot Torquemada and spiritual heir to Himmler. JENNIFER JOHNSTON SMITH Houston...
...mercies bestowed upon the righteous gentile are mixed blessings. He jets into Southern California from New Jersey on a Friday midnight. By Monday morning he must be back at his doorman post in downtown Manhattan. But meantime, as he steps forward to give a speech here at Whittier Law School, some 200 attorneys, historians, journalists and government officials rise to applaud. An elderly lady grasps his hand, murmuring, "God bless you." A student asks for his autograph. And then, in broken English, the thin young man with oval spectacles begins, "My name is Christoph Meili. My job at the bank...
...drawing laughter. (Congress passed special legislation last August granting the Meilis residency.) Other Jewish benefactors have provided furniture, English classes, driving lessons, two 10-year-old cars, the $31,000-a-year doorman job and synagogue schooling for his children, ages five and three. "The Meilis are among the righteous gentiles," says Toby Goldberger, a United Jewish Appeal fund raiser. "We could do no less...
...that some $7 billion in assets and interest is still held in numbered Swiss accounts. As well-wishers swarm about him after his speech in California, Meili smiles shyly and shakes his head. "We don't know what will be the outcome of the story," he says. For the righteous gentile, there may be mercies. But for a man forced to give up his country, there are, so far, few rewards...