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...again, Schami's narrative tactic seems more like salesmanship. He uses this structure not for any purpose so much as to revel in it for its sake. Modern authors like Calvino use a similar framework to lay bare all the peculiar social and intellectual conventions of reading , to strike at the very heart of our understanding of narrative, to unravel the fabric of reality-to bring the universe of perception to its knees. Schami uses it because it's cool and exotic...
Another major appeal is the sect's commitment to rehabilitation. The Nation of Islam runs counseling programs for prisoners, drug addicts, alcoholics and ) street-gang members. This is partly a recruiting tactic. But it can turn around lost lives. N.A.A.C.P. president Chavis, who played a role in bringing together Farrakhan and the Congressional Black Caucus, sees substance abuse as devastating the black community, and he credits the Nation of Islam's strict code of behavior with providing effective rescue. The issue carries personal urgency for Chavis: he has an alcoholic daughter and a son who was using crack cocaine...
...tactic: stress the isolated acts of violence committed by a few members of the pro-life movement in order to weaken the whole movement and its struggle against violence...
Victimology has turned out to be the winning tactic of our era. In the Menendez case, the law has been so stretched that an "unreasonable" belief that one is in danger of serious harm -- one no sane person would harbor -- can be sufficient grounds for self-defense. How did we go from a society that brooked no excuses to one that embraces every explanation; from a society that distinguished right from wrong to one that understands all and punishes nothing? In less understanding times, two boys who chose the maid's night off to pump 16 rounds of fire into...
...accommodate these concerns, the White House proposes 15 separate rates of medical-premium costs determined by company size and employee wages. These differences, Moynihan argues caustically, could cause a "massive shift" in U.S. employment patterns as companies replace full-time workers with part-timers and free-lancers, a tactic companies would embrace in order to shift a greater share of health-care costs to the government -- which couldn't afford it without significant tax increases...