Word: rorschach
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...Stubbornly on opposite sides of the Rorschach test that is Florida election law, these guys sound determined to let William Rehnquist have the final say. Bush even declined Gore's offer of a pre-endgame peace summit. "Once this election is over, I would be glad to meet with Vice President Gore, and I join him in pledging that regardless of who wins after this weekend's final count, we will work together to unite our great country...
...Sure, for all the jokes, this is not unvarnished candor - even Archbishop Edward Egan urged them to keep hold of "whoever is writing your material." And without the Rorschach questioning of a Jim Lehrer or a Bernard Shaw (or the good undecided people of St. Louis), the civic urgencies of the day (the ones on which we're all supposed to be casting our vote) went unaddressed...
...another level, however, you can hardly excuse the candidates. Understanding who "the people" are may be a Rorschach test of American social thought, but it is unfeeling and immoral not to include the needs of the nation's poorest in your plans. Policies that could help those at the margin include a rise in the minimum wage to a livable standard; guarantees of safety for their children and of a quality education; a reform of the penal system and its rehabilitation programs; and support for families, whether in helping them retain a family farm or reunite with relatives wishing...
...More immediately, of course, any unilateral declaration of a state would immediately plunge Israelis and Palestinians into a bruising battle for land. Arafat right now controls a Rorschach pattern of enclaves comprising most of Gaza and some 40 percent of the West Bank, intermingled with Israeli settlements and military facilities. The failure at Camp David makes it unlikely that Israel will move any time soon to complete the third withdrawal required by the Oslo Accords, much less give up the further 45 percent of the West Bank Arafat has demanded. And that means potentially violent confrontations throughout the territory...
...night Hitchcock had succeeded in drawing the entire audience into his little world of metaphorical associations. Though he is often described in the rock press as eccentric (Details magazine once went so far as to show him Rorschach blots; the verdict was complete sanity) and frequently compared to Pink Floyd's Syd Barret (pre-permanent acid trip), by the end the crowd assembled was ready to call him a lyrical genius, albeit a cryptic...