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CORRESPONDFurthermore . . . Milwaukee Wise. To the Editors: Thank you for including the letter of Pastor Richard Miles in the Oct. 28 issue of Commonweal. I share his . . . "dismay by the...
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...At the heart of this potential confrontation is the suspicion in American Jewish circles that the administration is so anxious to appease the Arab oil nations that it would sacrifice Israel's vital interests in the process...
...Indeed those woes are deep and chronic...
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...American Jews are increasingly upset at what they see as consistent pressure by the United States on Israel to make concessions to t h e Arabs, particularly to the Palestinians, and they were especially alarmed at the joint U.S.-Soviet statement which seemed to signal the reentry of the U.S.S.R...
...For President Carter the political consequences of such a falling-out would be severe, and administration officials are laboring mightily to avert it...
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...JERRY vooams NEWS & VIEWS: 772 CORRESPONDENCE: 773 EBITOI~IAL: 773 At BlSPLAtY OF UNITY: Margo Hammond 774 WAISiIINGTON REPORT: The lob on lobs: Frank Getlein 77G THE LEVELING OF JORN MoSElLE: Daniel Berrigan 778 AI~PECTS OF ROBERT LOWELL: John Druska 783 ]VERSE" Frederick Morgtm 777, Robert Lowell 786 TRE PRESS: The Big Book on t h e War: Thomas Powers 788 TRE SCREEN: Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr...
...The root cause of those deficits is that the consumers of the nation cannot sustain an adequate market for monopoly-rigged prices...
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...I am sure that there are many who share his sentiments, but have left them unexpressed...
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...CARTER Walter Cronkite won plaudits for his role i n the Sadat-Begin meeting...
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...I hope and pray that God blesses in a special way the work of Pastor Miles...
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...A poll taken before the Sadat trip indicates that more than half of all Americans who follow Mid Eastern affairs support Mr...
...I t is refreshing and consoling, to say the least, that amid all the criticism pro and con for just about everything that fills the printed pages today, someone is brave enough to remind us that courtesy, gentleness, kindness, and brotherly love still have a place in the publishing world of today...
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