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Yoon's call for serious intellectual debate is nothing more than a call for didactic and patronizing writing. Instead of allowing editorialists to make complicated arguments in creative ways, Yoon wants us all to reject satire, wit and the fine traditions of Swift, Pope and Rabelais. Simply because he does not (or cannot) grasp more difficult genres doesn't mean that all writers must do away with them, however...
International reaction was swift but, as usual, inconclusive. President Clinton denounced the attack and called for a U.N. investigation, saying, "We rule nothing out" in the way of intervention. But Defense Secretary William Perry, in one of his first public pronouncements on Bosnia since confirmation, said NATO would consider air strikes only if attacks like last week's form a pattern of "strangulation." So far more than 200,000 people are believed dead or missing in the Bosnian war; 2 million are homeless...
...think [a Democratic candidate] would have to be somebody who was a moderate Democrat who had not only the talk of building the economy, but who had also demonstrated their ability to do that," State Sen. Jane M. Swift (R-North Adams) says. "In terms of former Democrats--pre-Weld--that's going to be a difficult case to make...
...Previous to Bill Weld's administration, we didn't have a government that acted like they wanted businesses in the state," Swift says. "I think Bill Weld has done a good job of opening the doors to businesses...
...Name of the Father" is a serious, frustrating, exhilarating film. Swift cutting in exciting moments causes one's heart to palpitate; drums beat whenever the English army or police force are in action; the camera zeroes in on the quivering mouth of the police captain as he lies in court and is caught...