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...which they retrace some of the most significant events of the Sixties, presumably to remind readers of the genuine political transformations spurred by that amalgam of civil rights, anti-war, and university reform groups collectively known as the New Left. After asserting the fundamental importance of the leftist thrust, the authors launch a complex critique of its Jewish leadership on predominantly white campuses, combining a variety of psychological and sociological assessments with an unsubtle desire to expose the "real" motives behind the rhetoric...
When the Columbia space shuttle rises from its Kennedy Space Center launch pad this week, some anxious businessmen in the U.S. and Canada will be glued to their television sets, and not just to marvel as the reusable spacecraft's twin Thiokol rockets thrust it up and over the blue Atlantic. The launch, fifth in the Columbia series, will be the first in which the shuttle begins earning money from private, corporate customers for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...
...undertaking such a mission, which seeks to define a moral position on one of the modern world's most pressing dilemmas, the bishops have thrust themselves into the midst of a complex and heated national policy issue. Thomas Fox, the liberal editor of the National Catholic Reporter, sees this as a momentous challenge. Says he: "This will place U.S. Catholics in a confrontation with American policies, thereby forcing Catholics to make a choice between abiding by the moral teachings of the church or supporting their Government as defined by the Reagan Administration. There is the potential for the greatest...
...return them to the Soviet Union") lifted the clouds of crisis. John Kennedy, tired but quietly jubilant, stood in the bright October sun on the porch outside the Oval Office where he and his aides had fashioned a solution during 13 days of nail-biting cerebration. Kennedy thrust his hands deep into his coat pockets, a familiar tic that signaled he was back in high fettle. He ducked his head with the small self-conscious smile of the winner he always wanted to be, muttered something about not messing up the weekend entirely, and strode off to his helicopter...
...king of copiers is sharpening its competitive thrust...