Dear Log,
Spectra...
«The spectrum of what it is politically permissible to agitate about in Arab countries runs from Palestine at one end to Palestine at the other, with no room, in public at least, for the plight of Iraqis.»
«The [NY] Times, where Middle Eastern theory runs the full spectrum from Labor to Likud, didn't bother to find out if this threat to Israel's security was accurate, preferring instead to spend column inches on strikingly inventive comparisons of Saddam to a certain historical villain. (Can you guess who that villain is? Starts with "H"!)»