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Hostility toward government workers from the outside is nothing new, but there is a serious danger that this new, internal criticism will drive talented governmetn workers into the already-alluring private sector. Regardless of differing claims as to the proper sphere of government activity, it clearly serves no one's interests to make members of the federal bureaucracy frustrated and defensive. Perhaps the time has come for the public to throw a supportive cloak around these naked civil servants, since the President's policies clearly work to strip them of their self-respect...
...Ershad announced, in a burst of religious enthusiasm, that the Koran would be read this year at Feb. 21 ceremonies honoring Bengalis killed in 1951, when the fight for independence from Pakistan began. Said Ershad: "The ideals and principles of Islam will be reflected in every sphere of state and national life." Ershad's statement shocked the nation and especially incensed Bangladesh's non-Muslim minority (10% of the population), who saw it as a betrayal of the founding principles of the state...
...fact, the sphere of the report is unapologetically the real world. To those under investigation the commission was, in effect, putting the question "Who are you kidding?" And the question was not wholly rhetorical. In matters of guilt and innocence the gray area is often the largest, and this is the area judicial bodies are usually loath to enter. Yet this commission claimed the territory. Where the report might easily have shrugged away the problem of blame, asserting that these matters of moral choice are so private no one can plumb them, it said in stead these are private areas...
...Fleet, are in a complementary relationship through our [bilateral] security treaty. The treaty itself contains language about maintaining peace and stability in the Far East. In this sense, one could say that as Japan buttresses its own defense capability, it will allow the U.S. to expand its scope or sphere of exercise or operation...
...fault, perhaps, should not lie with the actors--for each possesses a certain degree of talent. Director Kevin Jennings simply does not allot the performers a sphere of sufficient directional interpretation in which to act well, nor a set on which to act well...