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...turn to reality. Secretary of State James Baker, in presenting the Bush Administration's first blueprint for the peace process, did not announce a shift in American policy. But he did offer no-frills clarity and a finely balanced call for concessions from both sides. In a sharp and wise departure from Reagan-era practice, his speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, the most influential pro-Israel lobby, eliminated the sugarcoated reassurances that traditionally soften American urgings to Israel...
...puncturing of company truck tires, the strikers were following a new strategy of civil disobedience, staging sit-ins and getting themselves arrested for "obstructing free passage." The leaders even called in the Rev. Jesse Jackson to exhort a cheering crowd of 10,000 that gathered in the village of Wise. "The tradition of John L. Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr. have come together!" he cried. "You are in pain, but don't panic...
...folks at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History have come to the wise conclusion that "all of the above" is the worst possible answer. In an admirably focused and thoughtful new exhibit, "American Television: From the Fair to the Family, 1939-89," running until next April, the museum shies away from a nostalgic, you-must-remember- this approach. Imagine a survey of TV history with no mention of Milton Berle, Edward R. Murrow or the Kennedy-Nixon debates...
...have been soldiering with this lost patrol since we were kids: the gruff but caring sergeant, preternaturally wise in the ways of the enemy and the equally hostile terrain; the street wisecracking kid; the slow-drawling bumpkin; a man called Hammer and another called Pretty Boy. And, of course, a lieutenant who is both green and ambitious and therefore more dangerous to friend than foe. Such characters have been AWOL from most movies about Viet Nam, and 84 Charlie MoPic would have curiosity value if it only brought them back and restored them to their chief role: demonstrating the masculine...
Steven M. Wise, a member of the mayor's blue ribbon committee on the treatment of animals in Cambridge laboratories, and Gul Agha, founder of the Cambridge Committee for Responsible Research, submitted proposed ordinances to regulate animal care and use in laboratories to the council for consideration...