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Before Sadat flew to Israel, the Middle East appeared to be on another of its terrible swings toward war, another violent spasm in the tragic politics of the region. But by one act, the Egyptian President has broken through the seemingly predestined cycle of hatred and killing. Not since the founding of Israel in 1948 has the will for peace in the Middle East been stronger. If his specific initiative proves unfruitful, there remains a danger that both sides might once again gear up for war. And yet it seems unlikely that the past's bitter patterns of stagnation...
According to Price's analysis, the media attack on Nixon actually peaked in the period after resignation, when suddenly, "the press simply had no one to call into account any more, so the sky was the limit as far as letting their imaginations run wild. The real spasm of hate that erupted at the time of the Nixon pardon told a lot about the media," Price says...
...second problem is more serious. Davidson meets with the guru Ram Dass, formerly Richard Alpert, Timothy Leary's partner in chemical consciousness. In a spasm of sincerity, Sara understands: "From my new perspective.I saw that most pieces of journalism, certainly my most successful pieces, were based on an attitude of superiority and ridicule. If I wanted to honor the divinity in people, I could no longer treat them this way - coaxing them into spilling information I could use against them to make a good story...
Laughter is a spontaneous, and by definition, involuntary spasm of mind and body, a confluence of intellect and instinct in a moment of revelation. This is why written humor, deprived of an active context, so often fails. This is why the expression "Ha-ha" appears so pathetic on the page. This is why laying down "laugh-tracks" on sit-coms is like forcing an elephant to do the Hokey-Pokey while spanning the rails in Park St. Under (a game young hooligans call "Shredding the Elephant"). The attempt to institutionalize anarchy deprives anarchy of its essence, and like all large...
...wilderness from commercial development-and possible pollution. But he is even more furious that they have not done a better job in D.C. His lungs were so accustomed to breathing the 49th state's pure air that the capital's fume-filled version induced a violent coughing spasm-and a hernia. "I'm just not used to breathing this stuff," said Young...