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...Talk to us about reconciliation,' a skeptical world says to us, 'when you yourselves are reconciled.' " Noting that in many areas of the world Anglicans and Catholics already drink from the same chalice, Coggan asked, "Has not the time, God's time, for such official sanction arrived...
Beyond that, terrorists sometimes benefit from a peculiar sanction. If they justify kidnaping or murder in the name of social justice, there is a chance that they will be excused, or at least create confusion. Says David Rapoport, professor of political science at U.C.L.A.: "This country allows acts under the guise of politics and morality that it wouldn't otherwise accept...
Conservative Strategy. In the next budget, Healey is expected to allow a limited degree of stimulus. But he cannot sanction too much until he knows whether voluntary wage controls will be in existence after July. If no Phase 3 agreement is reached, Healey warns, Britain faces "catastrophe...
...establishment on the state of their art and of health care in general. Steven R. Graubard, the journal's editor, writes that the issue is a first step towards redefining America's health problems. But the problems already have been redefined. The major obstacles to health have changed without sanction from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. While the Daedalus articles do not present any very new or unique ideas, they do collect a large body of information and respected opinion on current health problems. And it carries the tone of authority that accompanies the credentials of its contributors...
...early Israeli attempt to stop the dropouts involved trying to establish an air link between Moscow and Tel Aviv. In that way, Russian Jews might be flown directly to Israel, thus eliminating the Vienna stopover and the refugees' option to go elsewhere. When the Soviets refused to sanction the new air route, Israeli officials tried to persuade HIAS and other Jewish agencies to cut off all aid to the dropouts in Vienna. If this happened, Russian Jews seeking to come to the U.S. would be discouraged from applying to leave. This would sharply reduce emigration from the U.S.S.R...