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...first days of the Reagan presidency, Baldrige became intrigued with the various styles of jelly-bean consumption, particularly the aggressive search-and-destroy method of then Secretary of State Haig. "He grasps the jar firmly with both hands," noted Baldrige about Haig, "peers with great intensity into its depths and searches until he finds two red jelly beans. These he pops into his mouth, and there is an audible crunch as he masticates them into oblivion. The man just doesn't like the color...
...letter of thanks to Koyama, I quoted from Senior Writer Roger Rosenblatt's interview with Yoshitaka Kawamoto, director of Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Museum, in our July 29 cover story marking the Hiroshima anniversary. "Human beings are not likely to destroy everything," Kawamoto said. "We must leave our traditions to the generations." Including the tradition of folding 1,000 cranes and making a wish...
...suits for at least a year while the company tries to work out a plan to pay claims that may amount to $1 billion. E. Claiborne Robins Jr., the firm's president, said that the action was necessary "to protect the company's economic vitality against those who would destroy it for the benefit...
...decide what to do with her own body without being terrorized or having to risk her life. Coming at the close of the United Nations Decade of Women, a decision to reverse the abortion ruling would be particularly ironic. The nation's highest court would in one blow destroy one of the most important gains women have made in the past century...
With these facts in mind, Mr. Kahn's contention that the actions of the hijackers reflected considerable political sophistication, in that the hijacking was "calculated and perfectly planned" to interfere with U.S. policy and U.S.-Israeli relations, seems questionable. His pronouncement that "the Shiites are simply out to destroy those nations [that prize freedom] in any way possible for their own fanatical reasons" smacks of paranoia. Given the political turmoil, economic collapse and physical hardship the Shiites have withstood in the recent past, the terrorist actions of the hijackers more likely reflect extreme desperation and fear, instead of the well...