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...full holiday--there is no justification for honoring King halfway. Americans should spend a day reflecting on the life of our greatest modern leader not only because honor is due him, but as well because his example has much to teach us. The forces of selfishness, of mindless pride and arrogance, and most of all the forces that would have us tolerate injustice, are growing more powerful in our nation. We do need to get America moving again, but not towards military superiority or a balanced budget. Instead, before it is too late, before we are too far gone...
...political turmoil in El Salvador has claimed 8,400 lives so far this year; that is roughly one death for every square mile in the tiny Central American country. Last week four Americans became victims of the mindless, increasing violence. Alongside a twisting dirt road, 30 miles east of the capital of San Salvador, peasants found the bodies of three nuns and a Catholic lay worker who had been working with the poor in the countryside. The nuns were Dorothy Kazel, 40, of Cleveland, a member of the Ursuline Order, and two Maryknoll sisters from New York City, Ita Ford...
...afternoons they return for another two-to three-hour session. On an average day each swimmer does about 400 laps of a 25-yard pool in varying combinations of strokes and intervals, staring at the black line on the bottom of the pool in a sort of mindless trance. Could you do that...
...clear whether Democrats in the new Congress will lose their zeal for other issues once dear to their party or unite in a mindless out-party opposition to whatever the incoming Reagan Administration proposes. Either way they could contribute to the widespread reputation of a disorganized and interest-ridden Congress as being part of the nation's problems rather than as a body offering solutions...
...There's a love/hate relationship with MIT that affects most people, and often we just want to forget it," says Dave, who says he came to college "concerned about intellectual things," but now sees the value of "mindless activity." An unwritten rule forbids Brothers to discuss classes at the dining table and "it is definitely sacreligious to tool on a Friday afternoon or evening." Dave now dates "without worrying about whether she and I match up intellectually. I just don't seem to want to go to art museums or the symphony anymore when I go out." He adds...