Word: swiftness
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Still, neither Shmuel Katz nor any single organization can be wholly credited with the swift turnabout in attitudes toward Begin. Also responsible was a series of extemporaneous efforts by hundreds of Jewish groups and thousands of individual Jews who feared that any wavering of support for the Jerusalem government-however hawkish the Premier -might endanger Israel's survival...
Reactions to all this have been swift and angry. The Daily Telegraph editorialized that the book constitutes "a failure of ecclesiastical statesmanship" that will confuse faithful Christians. The semiofficial Church Times dismissed the anthology as "a notably unconvincing contribution to the cause of unbelief." The Archbishop of Canterbury was heard to remark at a picnic that the book "has made more hubbub than it is worth"; in that spirit, he successfully prevented debate over it at last month's meeting of the church General Synod...
Mitch Chakour and the Mission Band will be at Jonathan Swift's (30 Boylston St. in the Square, 661-9887, cover charge) through Sunday. The Estes Boys take over on Monday, followed by Orchestra Luna on Tues. and Weds., who yield the stage to the Franconia Notch Band starting Thursday...
...Jonathan Swift's is a schizophrenic place. Before 8 p.m. on weeknights you can get huge drinks for 90 cents. On weekends, though, there's a cover, and a live, usually country-rock band...
...hospital room. He effectively cuts back again and again to the bloody scene of the crime, and as the suspense builds towards the end, he moves back and forth with devastating effect between the horror in the streets and some incredibly mundane dialogue. The tension mounts toward a swift climax, and although the ending is a bit too abrupt and ideologically confusing, it is effective...