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...quoting Genesis 17:8, one of countless biblical passages in which God promises the land of Israel to the Jewish people in perpetuity, you puzzle both Christian and Jewish readers [Jan. 17]. How can you quote the Bible and yet scoff at the Israelis for wishing to fulfill God's pledge to them by building settlements throughout the land...
...made by frustrated student organizers and journalists, too often rely on romanticized and unhistorical references to earlier outbursts of high emotion and demands for sweeping change. It is particularly ironic that some adults who have moved smoothly from the 1960s youth movement to Wall St. or Madison Ave. now scoff at the calm in the Yard. Both groups carelessly downplay the extraordinary influence of events such as the crusade against Southern racism and the threat of being drafted to fight in a secretively pursued foreign war. Forgotten are the significant academic reforms implemented since the late 1960s, such as forming...
Both papers believe that they are locked in a struggle for nothing less than survival. Moreover, says Free Press Executive Editor David Lawrence, 40, "the victor would be highly profitable." As a result, the News and the Free Press raid each other's staffs, scoff at or steal each other's stories, even copy each other's promotional gimmicks. When the Free Press started handing out copies to breakfasters at McDonald's, the News arranged a giveaway deal with Burger Chef...
...most Congressmen of both parties scoff at the notion that the tenuous coalition with the Boll Weevils, which did not hold together on the tax-hike vote last Au gust, could possibly be assembled now that there is a 103-seat Democratic majority. Most of the incoming freshmen are more liberal than their colleagues. In a survey of the new members by the New York Times, 83% favored cutting back scheduled in creases in defense spending, 62% pro posed canceling next July's tax cut, 89% opposed trimming Social Security cost-of-living increases, and 58% opposed additional reductions...