Word: wings
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What is tragic (for liberals, that is) about the left-wing's treatment of the right is that ultimately liberals only end up hurting themselves. Strange as it may sound, Harvard liberals need conservatives. They need a watchdog opposition to challenge their views. They need vocal ideological foes to point out the inconsistencies in their argumentation, so they can repair them...
...left-wing hopes to ever live up to its ideals of respecting freedom and protecting the disenfranchised, it must reform the way it deals with the right. Instead of brushing conservatives off as "hate-mongers," "racists," "crazy people," liberals must respond with rational argument to the intelligent and potent attacks of conservatives...
While John Paul's list of social and sexual malevolences comes as no surprise, the sweeping nature of his condemnation as well as his demand of obedience are certain to send tremors through the ranks of the church's liberal wing. (The encyclical is due for release Oct. 5, but several advance copies were circulating to the press last week.) There were rumors that the document would be couched in terms of papal infallibility, making opposition impermissible. While that has not turned out to be the case, dissent is virtually forbidden. "Opposition to the teaching of the church's pastors...
...chest pocket of his navy-blue uniform, Captain Amer Mohamed Abdel-Kader still wears the paratrooper's wings he earned by skydiving out of Jordanian army planes as a member of the Badr Brigade of the Palestine Liberation Army, the military wing of the P.L.O. Under the terms of the peace agreement signed by Israel and the P.L.O., Captain Abdel-Kader is one of hundreds of Palestinian soldiers training in Jordan and Egypt for police duty in soon-to- be-autonomous Jericho and the Gaza Strip. Lectures on courtroom law and fingerprinting may seem banal for men who until last...
Clinton edited the second draft overnight and began practicing the speech Wednesday afternoon. More changes were made as Clinton practiced for top aides and a video crew in the small theater in the East Wing. He would cut and add new material off the top of his head as he talked, while aides tried to write it all down nearby. After three dry runs, his wife, dressed in a blue sweatsuit, walked in to listen. When he reached the part about choosing a "talented navigator" with "a rigorous mind" and "a caring heart," both Clintons burst out laughing. "Oh please...