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...Even If Government could affect personal behavior and channel private interests toward a public good, whether it should do so remains unclear. The Moral Majority, Will said, is justified in trying to inject moral issues into public debate, even if one disagrees with its positions and tactics. The way to respond to Jerry Falwell and his followers is not to discourage moral discussion, but rather to foster more intelligent debate--"not less moralizing, but better moralizing," as Will put it. But Will himself offered the best argument to counter his contention that government should impose moral standards. In discussing prayer...
...spending by all nonmilitary Government departments, exempting only "entitlement" programs for which benefits are fixed by law. The reductions might total $12 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services alone. Just which programs would be cut or abolished to squeeze under these ceilings is most unclear...
Many Western experts doubted that the Soviet message meant that an invasion was imminent. But it was unclear what "radical steps" Moscow expected the Poles to take. Short of declaring martial law, a drastic event that could cause a massive civil uprising, Polish authorities could presumably start suppressing Solidarity's publications, banning union meetings and even arresting people accused of "anti-Soviet" attacks. All of these acts have in fact already occurred in scattered instances. But in the present atmosphere, any case of local repression could balloon into a major confrontation...
...take in and suckle at this great academic breast." Toward that end, Oney plans to attend classes ranging from art and music to psychology and economics. Whether this will leave him time to learn "to write news stories that read like short stories" remains unclear, but Oney is confident. You may see his novel sooner than you think...
...passage, Fish's reflections after he has described the various "zones" that make up Harvard Square: "I pause hard at the corner then, considering whether to cross over or turn back, aware already even here in the borderland between the two zones of a taint in the air of unclear appetite, of relentless and unfocused inclination to consumption...