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...safe from Wars, has me sheltered under the umbrella of Technology, so I'm happy and warm in my rotomatic living room with the lazy-susan chair and the remote control environmental fix'it'all machine the IRS gave me inside my annual Christm Holiday rebate. So I'm content, if a little TENSE...
...along that the scope of the epidemic was being understated. By doing so, AIDS activists overcame conservative resistance and rightfully elevated the fight against the disease to the top of the nation's public-health agenda. Says June Osborn, chair of the National AIDS Commission: "We should not be content or comfortable. The national response to an out-of-control epidemic has been frighteningly modest...
...result of this get-smart approach, public libraries no longer content themselves with walk-in trade off the street. Today they combine the hustle of a small business and the concern of a community center with facilities tailored to the tastes and needs of their users. Video rentals attract film buffs. Data bases, software and fax machines bring in budding entrepreneurs. Language and literacy classes entice the swelling number of urban immigrants. While parents browse, youngsters are entertained by puppet shows and storytellers. "Name any need and the library can help you," says Brenda Johnson, assistant director for Washington...
...give Ann a strong case to argue, so the film's only suspense is in how long it will take Lange (who gives a smart, sturdy performance) to face the truth. Nor do they allow Laszlo a chance to justify, however speciously, his rancid past. They are content to dwell on the sins of the fathers, in which humanism stares at bestiality across the generation gap. Even in a genial mood, Laszlo sounds like a Nazi: "A healthy body makes a healthy spirit," he huffs as he completes a maniacal regimen of push-ups. Ann's father-in-law (Donald...
...Soviet people long ago became accustomed to leaders who lied to them. By talking straight, Gorbachev has shocked his subjects into a new kind of political engagement and civic self-respect. What is more, he has given content to his rhetoric. As a Bush adviser cracks, "I would be hard pressed to see how a CIA mole planted in Moscow would be acting differently if he were charged with dismantling the Soviet empire and transforming the nature of aggressive communism...