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...been killed in factional fighting in Lebanon-they call it "the troubles" here-than have died in six years of agony in Northern Ireland. While that statistic is dreadful, it does not begin to convey the sense of fear and insecurity that is gnawing away at Lebanon's veneer of sophistication...
...Kissinger could easily be forgiven. He had fathered the agreement and had cajoled, nudged and pressured both sides into accepting it. The Israelis were particularly resentful of that pressure and during the negotiations there was a coolness between them and the Americans that did not exist before. Beneath the veneer of friendship was a keen sense of hurt on the part of the Israelis. One of their negotiators told TIME'S Diplomatic Editor Jerrold L. Schecter that "our relationship will never be the same again. Things were said and done that have left a black mark...
...always clear what it is, or what to do about it. Women get angry, but when their anger has no specific object it often turns against itself or against a scapegoat. But one important thing to remember is not to be taken in by Harvard's pro-feminist veneer or rhetoric. Harvard is still a man's castle and at this point sexism, whether intentional or not, is one of its tallest turrets
...liberal democrats took office (except for the senator from New Hampshire, who remains to be seated) more than six mouths ago, but nothing much has happened. There has been precious little progress made against racism, military lunacy, social injustice, perennial pollution, executive government, and sexism; and only a false veneer of success on the newly-important economic front. And no one knows what to do about any one of them. Ford smiles a lot and vetoes a lot, but he is not now, and never will be capable of handling an economic crisis with anything like the adroitness...
...witty veneer, the Victorian Collection may be seen as a fable of art at a time when people prefer criticism to novels and autographs to painting. But there is something darker at work here: a claustrophobic sense of a century closing in on possessions, values, souls. It is this aspect that Moore slights. He introduces 19th century complications: an involved, but strangely chaste affair, a faceless enemy, a gaggle of venal sycophants. Then he seems to lose patience with these promising elements, and before 200 pages are out, Maloney hurtles to an abrupt martyrdom. The blueprint remains; the major work...