The city that has become second in size only to Jerusalem began as recently as 1906 as a tiny neighbour to the noisy, crowded Arab town of Jaffa.
Jerusalem is the only city bigger than this one.
And yet (no doubt largely because congressional Republicans were overplaying their hand), the public gave Clinton more support than had ever been enjoyed by Richard Nixon (personal  67 percent) or even Ronald Reagan (personal  68 percent--mass adulation of Ronald Reagan being a largely retrospective phenomenon).