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True, Khatemi also said that the U.S. mistakenly believes it is the sole world power, trying to "impose its will on the whole world at any cost," but the paper reports that a senior Clinton official responded by saying the administration is ready to sit down and talk to the Iranian government if Khatemi's remarks are "authoritative."
They can either rely on outmoded studies to argue with conservative politicians, who, for the moment, have the more authoritative pretext for scrimping on day-care cost and quality.
The lead essay bemoans the replacement of objective, authoritative, Walter Cronkite-style news by opinionated, entertaining talk.
In assessing the popular German reaction to Nazi violence generally and Kristallnacht in particular, I quoted Goldhagen's authoritative scholarly source, Israeli historian David Bankier, as well as Kershaw:
Authoritative sources suggest it isn't.