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...covered Vance in the late '70s when he was Jimmy Carter's Secretary of State. He was the most unquotable public figure I had ever encountered. He still is. He is allergic to the first person singular and prone to wooden understatement. He has little knack for explaining what he is up to in terms of grand theories of history, strategy or geopolitics. After a breakthrough in the nuclear arms talks, all Vance could muster for the press was that diplomatic progress was achieved "brick by brick, inch by inch...
...have already bagged a big one. The American Society of Journalists and Authors has selected associate editor Richard Behar for its Conscience in Media Award, in recognition of his expose of the Church of Scientology in the May 6, 1991, issue. The award, honoring "those who have ^ demonstrated singular commitment to the highest principles of journalism at notable personal cost or sacrifice," has been conferred only seven times previously in the 17 years it has existed. Needless to say, we are delighted and proud...
Although most observers have a favored candidate, they also said they believe the race will be close and that a singular good or bad performance on television will not "make or break" any of the presidential potentials' election efforts...
...writings, the Pope has given a conservative tilt to the meaning of Mary's life. The Pontiff's 1988 apostolic letter Mulieris Dignitatem (On the Dignity and Vocation of Women), citing positions taken at Vatican II, declared that "the Blessed Virgin came first as an eminent and singular exemplar of both virginity and motherhood." He extolled both states as ways women could find their dignity...
Even before television allowed Americans to take national culture for granted, the waves of radio spun together people who had little in common. Radio, more than anything else, made discussion of a singular "Midwest" possible, allowing for common ground between Minnesota and Ohio just as it wove together the states of the Northeast...