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...Even since the University of California was founded, it looked over its shoulder at Harvard in all respects," says Frederick C. Crews, chair of the English department at the University of California at Berkeley...
Perhaps there is a geopolitical reason for a SuperEurope to stand shoulder-to-shoulder--or toe-to-toe--with the United States. But the dream of a European superpower is confined to a few realpolitikers in European governments. It is not shared by ordinary citizens, who wish for economic growth, not geopolitical posturing...
...Great Rift Valley can be seen from space. It shears down the eastern shoulder of Africa, a vast geological gash, one of the mysteries of the continent's power. Human life began in the Rift, as if it were gleaming up through a crack in the world...
...moral images, of inherited assumptions and brand-name ideals, of traditional wisdom, of pseudo memories of a golden age, of old class habits: here some of the culture's finest aspirations are on display, its handcrafted, polished virtues and a few handsome, valuable antiques. But also a lot of shoulder pads, Tic Tacs and mouthwash...
...values dais in Houston, after Bush's acceptance speech, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a conspicuous honored guest. In the first few minutes of Terminator 2, parents do not fail to notice, Schwarzenegger, in order to steal someone's motorcycle and clothes, drives a long-bladed knife through a man's shoulder, pinning him to a pool table, and fries another man's hands and face on the griddle of a restaurant. Ten-year- olds watch Schwarzenegger's disgusting violence and absorb it as if it were normal, acceptable and heroic behavior...