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During his years in power, Begin so thoroughly dominated Israeli life by the sheer force of his personality that his sudden exit from politics was sure to usher in a period of instability. Shamir will not find it easy to fill the void left by the indomitable Begin, who could make peace with Egypt and wage war in Lebanon. But Begin's successor will probably be a transitional leader, as unlikely to respond to bold initiatives as to launch them. That will make it all the more difficult for him to sort out Begin's troubled, and troublesome...
Cutbacks in the amounts cities spend on police service have also helped fuel homeowners' fears. "People feel they're not getting enough protection," says Sergeant Norris Solomon, coordinator of private patrols for the Los Angeles police department. "A void has been created, and private enterprise has jumped in to make a buck." The Los Angeles area alone has some 500 security companies, roughly triple the number of just three years ago. Says former Los Angeles Police Chief Tom Reddin, 67, who retired in 1969 and now runs Reddin Security Services: "Business is crazy...
Clark is popular among subordinates, and morale at the NSC, with its enhanced access to the President, is higher than it has been in years. But some Congressmen have told Clark they are worried about the void created by the departure of his talented deputy, Robert McFarlane, to become the new Middle East envoy. The Judge has a natural antipathy toward the "striped pants" bureaucrats at State who move too slowly for his taste. For his part, Shultz is sometimes frustrated by Clark's lack of knowledge and his headstrong approach to diplomacy...
Despite these impressive figures, government polls indicate that a scant 30% of the population today claim to have any real personal religious beliefs. Many scholars trace the reasons for this void to the social shocks of World War II, which left a widespread legacy of nihilism. As large numbers of people flowed from the countryside into urban centers during the 1950s, they were separated from ties with the religions in their home areas. Getting a good education and blazing a successful career became national preoccupations, supplanting traditional faiths...
...Korean parents waxed Confucian whenever I cried on the phone to them. imploring me to look "within" for the answer. But for some reason whether it was because I had spent too many years watching Johnny Carson, or because of my pigpen in Weld, I saw only a void when I looked within Ralph Waldo Emerson, had he shown up when I really needed him, would have set me straight by saying. "Do not craze yourself with thinking. Life is not intellectual or critical, but sturdy. Its chief good is for well mixed people who can enjoy what they find...