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...Moon freely returned to this country to face charges; on first appearing in the courtroom, he strode confidently to shake hands with his accusers and then turned to greet the press and spectators. After the proceedings, he addressed a rally of 2500 Church members and friends outside, stating his respect for America and trust in judicial due process. The attitude expressed by Rev. Moon himself runs counter to the formation of fortress mentality and may instead become a paradigm for working within the system as the future mode of the Unification religious community...
...states were stunned?Morocco, Oman, and the Sudan, which had been Sadat's closest ally and, like Egypt, had suffered from Libya's belligerency. But in Libya, happy flag-waving crowds shouted their approval. In Lebanon, Palestinian commandos danced in the streets as if celebrating a victory. "We shake the hand that pulled the trigger," said one fedayeen commander. Palestine Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat, who was in Peking, declared: "What we are witnessing is the beginning of the failure of the Camp David agreement with the fall of one of its symbols." A number of other Arab governments were...
...loss didn't shake Altman's confidence in her team. "This team can look very sharp. It's not that they don't have the skills to play well. They are capable of playing very well. There's no team that we couldn't beat," she said...
ROUGHING THE PASSER--If at any time while the team captain is attempting to shake the hand of or kiss a teammate who has just succeeded in scoring, a member of the opposing team takes offense, and as a result harms said captain during his show of jubilation, the referee will assess a penalty of 15 yards against the guilty player's team. The penalty will take effect on the first play from scrimmage after the kickoff...
Compromising has other problems as well, especially as a political platform. For one, it seems a boring banner under which to rally, and Tsongas does little to shake that feeling. Argument and reason are not enough to sway most of us; we want something to believe in, and the very principles of moderation that have put us in our current fix seem hardly enough. The slow steady path of a barge is less attractive that the swooping of a sailboat; it is worth noting that both vessels eventually reach their destinations, and that barges when they sink go down much...