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...best, divestiture exemplifies the moral isolationism which American liberals have been practicing since Vietnam condemning others to misery for the sake of keeping there own hands clean. At worst, divestiture represents veiled support for violent resolution in South Africa, some of its proponents clearly hope that divestiture will depress the South African economy sufficiently to create a climate for revolution...
...find one, anyway). They are not, to belabor the point, attempting to fulfill elusive distribution requirements. What the University should find exciting about this interest is that it's an example of what every liberal arts education is supposed to contain and so sporadically does: study for study's sake. Those who flock to hear Jardine and Johnson, Suleiman and Phinney know that lit crit is a combination, in its broadest description, of such disparate disciplines as linguistics, philosophy, and traditional literary analysis. And they want to study it because it's interesting and important. It's move than...
...fact that this is another Neil Simon play (for God's sake, how many are there?) should not frighten anyone off. It is one of the New Yorker's earlier works, and Simon, whose own characters have become walking cliches of American situation comedy, gains by the use of Chekov's characters. Each scene in the play is adapted from one of Chekhov's short stories, which means the actors must change character after each scene. This is a big challenge, and the cast, for the most part, meets...
...autocratic" decisions. Unfortunately, it is not apparent how such a committee would work or, indeed, whether it could be made to work at all. Who would choose the committee? How would they vote--by majority or by unanimity? Pragmatic questions, such as these are too often ignored for the sake of a lofty ideal...
...Congress and the President must act soon. If the reforms don't bring the needed revenue and defense remains a sacred cow then taxes will have to be raised. In two years time, with elections around the corner, nobody is going to support a tax hike. For the sake of economic well-being, then, the deficit must be cut. The three ways of doing that are tax reform, tax hike, or fewer bombs. Take your pick...