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Moynihan's bitterest critics today are doctrinaire liberals who still regard his sojourn in the Nixon White House as treasonous fraternizing with the enemy. "He has no ideological underpinnings," complains a Moynihan colleague from Harvard's Kennedy Institute of Politics. "He is not unlike Kissinger. They both have enormous egos, tremendous ambition, a great deal of moral flexibility, and the same kind of little boy attitude?'Look, Ma, I'm dancing.' "Other critics feel that Moynihan is so intoxicated by ideas that he is apt to skitter along from one to another. Moynihan in turn has spoken scathingly...
...Pakistan's Iqbal Akhund made the observation that no nation "has a monopoly on righteousness or self-righteousness," while Saudi Arabia's irrepressible Jamil Baroody offered a mock resolution forgiving "the illustrious Daniel Patrick Moynihan for any misconceptions he may have formed about the U.N. during his sojourn...
...added that Harvard is only one stop in the itinerary of the visitors, and that they sojourn in such cities as Chicago, New York, and Las Vegas in order to view a cross-section of American life...
...traveling freak show known as the Dartmouth football squad makes its biennial sojourn to Harvard stadium today, and for those who have never witnessed the kind of spectacle the Big Green puts on here every other year, a word of warning is in order. The football matchups between Harvard and Dartmouth are not models of etiquette and good behavior...
...Banzais. That was plainly evident during Hirohito's sojourn in the islands. The issei were excited-so much so that a protocol committee felt the need to urge them not to shout organized banzais at the royal motorcade. The nisei, however, were less curious. What about the sansei and yonsei (fourth-generation A.J.A.s)? Says Dennis Ogawa, associate professor of American studies at the University of Hawaii: "They think it's nice, but a lot of them would rather see Muhammad...