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...Crimson executives in question also defend themselves by nothing that several of the individuals whom Danilewitz names are themselves Jews. This point, however, is irrelevant. Arguing that Jews cannot discriminate against other Jews is an extremely weak and historically uninformed argument. Moreover, it does not address Danilewitz's main point: that these discussions should not have occurred...

Author: By Adam J. Levitin, | Title: How Jewish Is `Too Jewish'? | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...reserves of stamina left, and the breakdowns are coming more frequently now. After he ousted the government last week, he tried to pump himself up again for a summit session with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French President Jacques Chirac. But at their meeting outside Moscow, Yeltsin looked confused, weak and fumbling. The price he pays for proving he is in charge is growing higher every day. What is good for Boris may not be good for Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You're Fired! You're Hired | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...this question of the correct attitude to bring to one's reading and writing. At the end of the thesis writing process, I was pretty convinced by Ruskin. I kept telling myself: "you real small, Kant real big." I tried to listen carefully to what Kant was saying. Being weak, I was often tempted to make up what I thought he was saying. It seemed to me that I had some interesting idea that someone might have said, but with Ruskin in mind, I tried to resist. This went on for a while, back and forth, until the thesis...

Author: By Noah I. Dauber, | Title: Learning to Read | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

...never going to charge Clinton -- that's not his job. His job is to send a report to the Hill." Whether or not Republicans can muster the political will to take on Clinton is not Starr's problem, and the shrinking legal target (without Paula Jones, perjury in a weak civil case is now perjury in a nonexistent one) isn't either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starr's Beat Goes On | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

...protection, governed by a social code as intricate as the shared irrigation system. Deeply superstitious, the men of Kemusu have changed little in the half-century since Indonesia won its independence from Dutch colonizers. Any leader, village chief or national President must wield unchallenged power or appear weak and incapable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia On The Brink | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

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