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Gramm's appeal is about self-righteous selfishness; those who can't afford their rights are left out in the cold. But at the head of the revolution, Gramm thinks his message will strike a nerve--and he may be right. A recent New York Times/CBS poll showed that an overwhelming majority of Americans support a balanced-budget amendment; that percentage dropped by more than half when it was pointed out that Social Security--one of those ways, invisible in Gramm's rhetoric, that government benefits all those who pay for it--might have to be cut to balance...
History Laid Bare's only failing is its author's refusal to acknowledge that the book works best as a procrastination tool. In the introduction and in the running commentary which links the anecdotes together, Zacks sets himself up as a righteous liberator of history from "Victorians and other prudish scholars" who took out all the good parts in history. Zacks' condescension towards his subjects is irritating. He would have done better to get out of the way and let his ribald material speak for itself...
...furthering the righteous cause of World Panarchy?'' ``Something like that...
...cigarette has entered a new phase. More than a health hazard, it is now considered an accomplice to immorality. Of course, in Puritan Massachusetts, such nonsense cannot be tolerated. Placing itself on the side of the righteous majority, the staff ignores the preferences of the smoking minority...
...second half, set 15 years later) an outraged public. That a kind of justice awaits the boys of St. Vincent does not make this a simple tragedy-and-triumph movie. It means there are still heroes in the land. They may be frightened boys-or grown men who see righteous revenge achieved for the boys they once were. A&E might have shown a little of that courage to honor them and this splendid film...