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...delegates listened in total silence. From many, no doubt, the silence reflected only respect and attention, but it may also have signified irritation from some ? the delegates of countries that maintain concentration camps and practice torture in the name of security. This Pope does not shrink from telling people what they do not want to hear. Said New York Senator Daniel P. Moynihan, a former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.: "I can attest from having watched that the Eastern European and Soviet delegates knew exactly what he was talking about, and for once in that chamber, looked fearful rather...
...needed the space program; a society that does not stretch its horizons will soon shrink them. The argument that we must solve all our problems on earth before venturing beyond our planet will confine us for eternity. The world will never be without problems; they will become an obsession rather than a challenge unless mankind constantly expands its vision. Columbus would never have discovered America if 15th century Europe had applied the slogan that it needed first to solve its own problems; paradoxically, these problems would have become insoluble and Europe would have suffocated in its own perplexities...
...Recession of '79, which it forecast as early as last November and which began in April. The bipartisan board agrees that the worst is yet to come: the recession will last 12 to 15 months rather than six to nine months, as previously forecast. The economy will shrink 3% during the decline rather than just 1% to 2%. Meanwhile, inflation will remain near 10%. Not until next summer will expansion resume, and even then it will be rather weak. Scarce and expensive energy will mean that growth throughout the 1980s will be sluggish. Says Democrat Walter Heller...
Dershowitz told the Hillel audience that "we don't have to shrink from criticism. The tragedy is that many American Jews feel they must support Israel in every case; this...
...Shrink it to a Twin Beech...