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This is no doubt partly because of the opinion of most Harvard alumni at the time of Roosevelt's death that he was a "traitor to his class," although historical hindsight can argue that he did much to avert class warfare in this nation and the march of totalitarianism abroad...
...thing Bush wants is to repeat the mistake that the Eisenhower Administration made in 1956 when it egged on the Hungarian freedom fighters, leading many of them to die in the expectation of more help than the West could possibly provide. Bush has correctly concentrated on persuading Gorbachev to avert bloodshed and work toward a compromise. To urge him to grant Lithuania the instant annulment it demands would be futile and, as they say in Washington, counterproductive...
...artist, Havel has always been a political prophet, prone to jeremiads. In Largo Desolato, the hero faces unspecified tortures, which he can avert if he changes his name and declares himself not to be the author of his works. Although he ultimately says no, he wavers for a moment, and that is enough to satisfy the state. In Temptation, Havel retells the Faust myth in terms of the ego-driven distortions of truth committed by his compatriots. In the essay The Power of the Powerless, he lambastes an archetypal grocer who places a poster saying WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE...
...democratic government and Ceausescu permitted no institutions to develop outside his control. The Communist Party, if it is not completely discredited in the eyes of the people, will have to enter negotiations with nascent political organizations, if they can take solid shape. With security men still fighting desperately to avert a reckoning with the nation they brutalized, the regular army will play a stabilizing role...
...humanity moves into the final decade of the 20th century, many experts believe the next few years will be the turning point. In order to avert the catastrophes that threaten the earth, immediate action must be taken in several key areas. Among the international initiatives currently under...