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...candor and his principles proved corruptible, where his powers seemed to fail. It is a powerful irony that for all the differences, the Iran affair smacks of Watergate, in the sense that the abuse of the highest power undoes the king (the highest power manipulated by little knights, stupid and zealous). That one of the most beloved American Presidents should have found himself in danger of recapitulating the fates of Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson is American political theater edging toward the Shakespearean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Reagan Administration... A Change in the Weather | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

...defense of Pollard because he's a Jew, our credibility as a Jewish community would be down to zero overnight, and Israel would be the loser." In Washington, the staunchly pro-Israel New Republic called the Jerusalem government's behavior in the Pollard affair "morally unworthy and politically stupid," adding, "If the smart-asses in the corridors of Israeli power think, as one commentator recently put it, that Israel is a 'Teflon nation,' they may be in for a shock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Brothers with Blood in Their Eyes | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

...each other," says Jeff Wolk. Because the Bruin band wasn't concerned with being funny, the game wasn't as interesting. "They just yelled obscenities back instead of trying to outdo us. We'd come up with a good cheer and they'd just drown it out with their stupid catcalls," Wolk says...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Banding Together in Detroit | 3/26/1987 | See Source »

...wrong, and she is often portrayed as preposterously silly and stupid. In creating such a selfish, flawed heroine, Johnson took a calculated risk: readers might not be able to see themselves and their prejudices through Chloe and make the appropriate adjustments toward the truth. The enterprise will leave some unsatisfied. Persian Nights is neither a bodice ripper nor a + treatise on the Iranian revolution, but an intriguing compromise: an attempt to show major upheavals as a progress of small shocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Onlookers At A Revolution PERSIAN NIGHTS | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

Sorry, but all of our public relations staff is at Appleworld. We'll have one of them call you back shortly." The Happy Hacker felt stupid...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Peaking at Apple's New Bushel | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

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