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...American Jewish community too the bloodbath could have far-reaching effects. Reagan's proposals initially won sympathy from a few leaders, but that soon seemed to wane. Some 300 wealthy contributors to Israel did give polite applause to Secretary of State George Shultz, the chief architect of the plan, when he addressed a meeting of the United Jewish Appeal last week in Manhattan. But the same audience two nights later gave a much warmer reception to an attack on the plan by Shultz's predecessor...
...relations abroad, thanks to its perceived belligerence, have sunk to an all-time low. The nation has, of course, surmounted bad press in the past, but now even some of its most ardent supporters have their doubts. The financial and military backing that Israel needs from other nations could wane, and anti-Semitic terrorists could easily mistake the growing skepticism of Israeli actions with support of their horrible anti-Jewish bombings, like the recent ones in France...
...barely changed after 1973; approximately 1.2 million abortions will be performed in the U.S. this year. Those figures indicate that the same number of women will have abortions whether they are legal or not. Just as the abortion rate did not increase when they were legalized, it will not wane if they are outlawed But the number of abortion related injuries and deaths will soar. The year after the Supreme Court's decision, such fatalities dropped by 40 percent...
Johnson's star began to wane in the spring of her sophomore year when injuries in both legs, as well as a sprained ankle, put her on the sidelines. Head Coach Pappy Hunt encouraged her to compete anyway, "but all the meets were away and it was all travelling, so I didn't feel it was worth it. I was just getting no satisfaction out of it." says Johnson, who decided to take a temporary leave of absence from the team...
...spirit sank like the altar fire when the fuel was low. 'Shall we see it? Will a new Xerxes come?' The Chaldean shook his head. 'A dying, not a killing. Another city will rise and ours will wane. It is un der the sign of the King.' 'Will he live, then, after all?' 'He is dying, as I told you. But his sign is walking along the constellations, further than we can reckon in years. You will not see it setting in your...