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MIDDLE EAST Birth of a Nation Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth...
...hipster into a daring pioneer adrift in "the perpetual climax of the present," freed of all moral guides and codes of conduct except the thrumming of his own nervous system. The author specifically disavowed any precedents for this existential frame of mind: "If the ethic reduces to Know Thyself and Be Thyself, what makes it radically different from Socratic moderation with its stern conservative respect for the experience of the past is that the Hip ethic is immoderation, childlike in its adoration of the present (and indeed to respect the past means that one must also respect such ugly consequences...
...timetable, postponing the placing in orbit of as many as 30 other satellites. Rescheduling would also stall the launch of Spacelab, Western Europe's contribution to the shuttle program, now listed for a September flight on Challenger. Says one irreverent NASA official: "Abrahamson is praying, 'Engines, heal thyself...
...expressions of grief on all sides, the government and opposition were unable to agree on a joint statement condemning the killing. The ruling Likud coalition passed a resolution calling on the public to "act in the spirit of the Jewish tradition of 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' " The opposition resolution declared that Greenzweig had been "murdered as the result of a criminal attempt to attack freedom of speech and the foundations of democratic life." After the vote, Interior Minister Burg, whose son had been injured in the grenade attack, said that the Knesset's failure...
Editor, Edit Thyself...