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...more the nation of the great dream, the country for which we cried." Indeed not. In establishing a Jewish state, the Jewish people made a collective decision no longer to be cried for. They chose to become actors in history and not its objects. Historical actors commit misdeeds, and should be judged like all nation-states when they commit them. It is perverse to argue that because this particular nation-state is made up of people who have suffered the greatest crime in modern history, they, more than any other people on earth, have a special obligation to be delicate...
...Quakers excelled on the attack, grabbing 19 offensive boards. But the Crimson really commit suicide, when it committed a whopping 20 turnovers, compared to 11 miscues for Penn...
Encouraging Blacks to "participate in all elections," Lowry said that Blacks should "think independently," and not commit themselves to a specific party...
...children predicted that imminent changes in Russia would lead to the spread of totalitarian, atheist, antihuman regimes throughout the world. To stave off this spread, the children warned, the people of the world must undergo an inner conversion and commit themselves to the selfless act of praying for others...
...small Connecticut town, mixing up with hookers and private eyes? Don't ask them. Don't ask anyone who has seen the result of their collaboration, Everybody Wins. At times it promises to be a study in miscarried justice -- an innocent youth imprisoned for a murder he did not commit. At other times it seems to be about all-encompassing municipal corruption. There are moments between the detective (Nick Nolte) and the flaky strumpet (Debra Winger) when it edges toward, of all things, screwball comedy. But it never settles for long on any style or viewpoint, and it arrives...