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...arts community is using censorship as abuzz word," said the aide, who requestedanonymity. "The NEA was created by Congress. Thearts community is saying Congress hasn't any sayin determining where [the funds...
After the New York Times excerpted the article last week, Washington was abuzz with speculation about the author's identity. Could it be Robert Gates, deputy director of the National Security Council, whose hard-line views on the Soviets upset Bush Administration moderates? (Gates said no.) Or Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter's tough-talking National Security Adviser? Others pointed to the piece's stilted, formal prose as persuasive evidence that the author is most likely a foreigner, possibly a Russian. The editors at Daedalus weren't talking. Neither...
...Boston, for just one day, the phone lines to the residences of Bill Buckner, Mike Torrez and Larry Barnett are not abuzz with threatening calls...
Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos, 60, has been one of the more discreet members of President Corazon Aquino's fractious Cabinet. Ever since Aquino came to power in February 1986, Ramos has defended her government against a succession of coup attempts. But lately, the popular politician has set Manila abuzz with some calculated innuendos. Talking to the press about his loyalty to the faltering President, he said ambiguously, "I am loyal to the constitution and the presidency. There's nothing personal about it." Ramos cautioned government officials not to use the military as a "tool of the executive branch...
...Arafat was initially stunned, the Middle East was abuzz last week with speculation that Hussein's shove may finally push the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization into doing the unthinkable: recognizing Israel's right to exist. Such a gesture, which would amount to an unprecedented P.L.O. peace proposal, has long been demanded by the U.S. and Israel before they would even contemplate talking with the P.L.O...