Word: temperedness
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TERRORISM will always exist as an appealing option to the fanatical, but it need not persist as a forum for the politically frustrated. Nor need it continue to single out American victims as readily as in the past. The United States government must ensure that its economic and political preponderance...
It was something of a historic moment last week when the red, white and black flag of Iraq was raised on P Street in Washington. An Iraqi-owned building, used for unofficial diplomatic and commercial tasks, was converted into a full-fledged embassy as the U.S. resumed formal relations with...
This, not the madman of legend, was the real and visionary Van Gogh. The notion that his paintings were "mad" is the most idiotic of all impediments to understanding them. It was Van Gogh's madness that prevented him from working; the paintings themselves are ineffably sane, if "sanity...
Now few would question that those concerned with the upcoming election have a duty to highlight those differences in crystal-clear terms. What is problematic with this campaign, however, and what emerged again Wednesday although in tempered fashion, is a willingness on the part of both parties to excuse vulgarity...
For Americans who came of age during the Viet Nam War, the patriotic impulse is tempered by their generational experience. "If patriotism is love of country, the land and communities, we'll buy that," says David McCauley, head of the Vermont American Friends Service Committee. "If it is just...