Word: humanization
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...rising above human levels with his 41 points against Penn. His hubris had to be answered," The Hoop God explained...
...wonder is that he can avoid cheap, garish dyes in an inexpensive line. In his current collection, prices run from $75 to $300 apiece, and he is about to launch a cheaper one called But Gordon. He got the idea for his label from the human traffic that courses through his office. "But Gordon, I want something new," he mimics. "But Gordon, can't you deliver sooner? But Gordon, I want it all." He sees the But Gordon line as his own Gap store, a place where the clothes are so cheap "I feel I can go in there...
...first complication is that although the neighborhood standard ought not to be Israel's, it cannot be ignored when judging Israel. Why? It is plain that compared with the way its neighbors treat protest, prisoners and opposition in general, Israel is a beacon of human rights. The salient words are Hama, the town where Syria dealt with an Islamic uprising by killing perhaps 20,000 people in two weeks and then paving the dead over; and Black September (1970), during which enlightened Jordan dealt with its Palestinian intifadeh by killing at least 2,500 Palestinians in ten days, a toll...
...friends for not meeting Western standards of morality, it will die. What will replace it? The neighbors: Syria, Jordan, the P.L.O., Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Ahmed Jabril, Abu Nidal (if he is still around) or some combination of these -- an outcome that will induce acute nostalgia for Israel's human-rights record...
...that refuses to consider the alternative is merely irresponsible. That is why Israel's moral neighborhood is important. It is not just the neighborhood, it is the alternative and, if Israel perishes, the future. It is morally absurd, therefore, to reject Israel for failing to meet Western standards of human rights when the consequence of that rejection is to consign the region to neighbors with considerably less regard for human rights...