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...confusion came in reading Mr. Crystal's letter commenting on Katz's article. Mr. Crystal bristles even at Mr. Katz's weak formulations, boldly declaring that "the Contras' behavior is objectively [his emphasis] wrong" and thus justifies the extreme actions of the protesters. Mr. Crystal, however, in his zealous pursuit of convenient truth, completely avoids discussion of the fact that the actions of the Sandinista government with regard to its deplorable treatment of the Miskito Indians, or its suppression of civil liberties, especially the organs of the Church, which have voiced dissent over government policies, are objectively wrong and deserve...
WHEN THIS Dr. Jeckyll-Mr. Hyde metamorphosis hits Harvardians, the rest of the world may as well not exist. Academia and all of its pressing concerns are forgotten. Cramming for the Ec 10 final or getting a start on second semester assignments is exchanged for the zealous pursuit of weather-induced pleasure. The Yard is transformed from the major thoroughfare to and from lecture halls into a playground for the happy residents of Camp Harvard. When an exotic storm or heat wave hits, camp is in session. Enjoyment of weather-related activities becomes the sole raison d'etre, and passions...
Murdoch aims to accomplish what no one has done in 40 years: forge a fourth American television network. The press lord has marched toward his goal with a zealous efficiency worthy of Citizen Kane. Murdoch began last March when he bought half of the 20th Century-Fox movie and TV studio. Then he agreed to pay an impressive $1.5 billion in May for six of Metromedia's big- city independent television stations, a chain that reaches one of every five U.S. homes. Finally, in September, Murdoch bought the other half of Fox. Now that he has acquired the pieces, Murdoch...
...American publisher, naturally, has admitted rejecting Amis on the basis of suspected misogyny. But if a few zealous feminists in positions of editorial power did try to squelch Stanley and the Women, they chiefly succeeded in shoring up an old truth: ideologues, of whatever persuasion, make lousy readers of fiction. They want useful truths, whereas good novels offer unbridled and possibly subversive speculations. Amis has excelled at rattling preconceptions ever since the appearance of his classically comic first novel, Lucky Jim, three decades ago. This time out he is near the top of his offensive, infuriating, intolerable and utterly hilarious...
Falwell is the most effective--and maybe because of his tremendous impact, the most unnerving--of the nation's video preachers. His is a spectacularly risky mission. He must on the one hand reassure his zealous followers that he is faithful to the fierce absolutes of the Bible. At the same time, he must appear reasonable and unmenacing to the watching outside world. Explains Falwell: "We want to be part of society without endorsing all the philosophies and life-styles of that society...