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Whether a wider public appreciates such nuances of neutrality, or considers neuter journalism to be cautious, timid or dull, is harder to judge. It's not easy to be mutedly sensible in a medium so given to the brassy certainties of aging let-it-all-hang-out types, partisan politicians, sarcastic academic panelists and gabby talk-show hosts...
...strength of the book, beyond its magnificent descriptions and its subtle humor, lies in McPhee's skill in presenting a broad, multi-faceted picture of Alaska today--no simple task, for Alaska is an enormous state, stretched still wider by the conflicting demands of conservationists, oil men, settlers, Indians and politicians, all of whom view each other as interferers and encrouchers. He accomplishes this portrait without the familiar posture of tepid objectivity, by adopting the point of view whoever he is with. He is, in effect, a man of every loyalty, and of no loyalty at all, achieving a rare...
Last year's biggest shopping fad was the electronic "pong" game that hooked up to a T.V. set to turn your living room into a reasonable fascimile of Father's Six. They're still around, of course, with even more kinds of games and a wider range of obnoxious little beeping noises. But as expected, the Christmas gift makers have come up with a new way to assail the television set this year...
...that if the organization was being neglected by Arab moderates it had only itself to blame. Washington had stated that some gesture of recognition toward Israel could lead to dialogue. Overplaying its hand, the P.L.O. had refused to make any such gesture, thereby losing a golden opportunity to gain wider international recognition...
...each school, students have been permitted a foot in the door to power, by membership on advisory and policy-making bodies. In each, students are slowed by insufficient information and a lack of genuine authority to set policy. In each case, success in opening the door wider depends on students' ability to convince administrators that they truly represent student opinion, and to lobby administrators with polls, demonstrations and facts...