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Article: Assad for president. (Hafez Assad) (column)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- February 10, 1984
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I WRITE ON the risky assumption that Congress will not have declared a national holiday in honor of Jesse Jackson before these words see print. I do believe that a little detoxification is in order, as they say in the alcoholic wards, before the celebration gets completely out of hand. But first ...
It is an important and necessary part of human behavior that we should act in certain ways in response to certain institutional stimuli. When we go to a wedding, we celebrate. When we go to a funeral, we weep. When we go to a political convention, we applaud. When a GI gets back from a military hoosegow, we cheer.
Now here are a few things to bear in mind ...