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...believed would be the barren legacy of nuclear war. If humanity fails to seek an accord with nature, population control may be imposed involuntarily by the environment itself. Is there room for optimism? Yes, but only if one can imagine the people of 2050 looking back at the mad spasm of consumption and thoughtless waste in the 20th century as an aberration in human history...
...that this man was girding himself for a four-week dash at the presidency of the United States. Gone are the professional pols and veterans of national elections who rode in on Perot's skyrocketing polls in June only to resign or be forced out in the campaign's spasm of self-destruction in July. In their place today stands a collection of old friends, obscure aides, in-laws and former military men chosen more for their unblinking allegiance to the chief than for their political acumen...
...human heart is a dark forest. Most of us are strangers to one another and to ourselves. At this late date in human devolution, we should be surprised by no atrocity, no anarchic spasm of the emotions, no paternal love turned to lust, no feelings of rejection twisted into an urge to revenge. We should be surprised only by our surprise. The innocent prurience of our tabloid souls suggests that a deep part of us craves for people to be good and for beginnings, at least, to be happy...
Democrats naturally viewed Bush's yanking of Baker back to the White House as a spasm of desperation. Republicans, however, took heart at Baker's move, for they consider him the only man who might save Bush and their party. Ken Duberstein, who served as Ronald Reagan's last chief of staff, quipped that "Baker can't walk on water, but he knows where the rocks are." A highly organized and disciplined manager, Baker is expected to quickly shape up the White House and campaign staffs, which have piled up "counselors to the President" and "senior strategists" like layers...
...them were prepared to share governance with blacks -- but not to surrender all their power or any of their wealth. Life in the matchbox townships, meanwhile, became a daily nightmare unimagined by whites. Not only were jobs a rarity because of the recession, but blacks were dying in a spasm of political violence that was deadlier -- at least 8,000 killed since 1989 -- than any before De Klerk took office. Shut out of the country's good life, black South Africans are all the more impatient to acquire the power whites have exercised to their own advantage for so long...