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...political tactic the fast is neither well studied nor fully understood. There are some things we do know about it, however. First, a political fast represents a unique and courageous assumption by an individual of the price of political activism, a kind of paring down of obligation from the wider membership of an organization to the single person, creating a situation where, so to speak, "the-buck-stops-at-me." As such the political fast is an awesome burden--one that runs the risk of grievous if not ultimate injury to the fasting individual. It is precisely this heavy burden...
...debate, once again, is nature versus nurture. In contrast to Mead's strong concern with cultural forces, Freeman greatly emphasizes the general biological uniformity of all human beings. As he admits, the book is not only about Samoa, but "is also concerned with examining related aspects of the wider myth of absolute cultural determinism, and with arguing that this now antiquated doctrine should be abandoned in favor of a more scientific anthropological paradigm...
...democratic craze instead of a high-society toot. Indeed, it is like the once exclusive vacation resort that the masses discover after its founding trendies have moved on: today, just as a lot of cosmopolites on both coasts are souring on cocaine, the drug is pushing its roots wider and deeper into America's social strata. Peter Bensinger, director of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 1976 to 1981, is now a consultant to businesses on employee drug use. "It is not just a matter of John De Lorean and John Belushi," he says. "Cocaine use does not exempt anyone...
...Pigs." Said he: "It appears that the U.S. is engaged in supporting a war in Latin America without discussing that involvement with the American people." Said another congressional source with privileged access to U.S. intelligence information: "We're concerned about the danger of a wider conflagration." At the same time, many members of Congress continue to support the Administration's efforts to curb Soviet influence in the hemisphere, even if it means engaging in covert activity...
...serious distortions and factual errors. It is not true, for example, that since the ascension of General Bigone to the presidency. "The press has been less inhibited in 1982 than at any time since the early 1970's." In fact, the press was far more free and represented a wider spectrum of political opinion after the national elections of 1973. The Argentine government continued to harass journalists in 1982, and during the Falkland-Malvinas crisis, three British correspondents were incarcerated on "espionage" charges...