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...events were a shock, but the shock was overshadowed by the very emotional reaction of the Reagan Administration . . . If there is any nation in the world that should not show too much indignation at military governments and martial laws, it is the U.S.-the world's biggest backer of military regimes...
...late dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle in July 1979, the revolutionary government has zealously embraced Marxism. The Reagan Administration has long charged that the Sandinistas, backed by Cuba and the Soviet Union, give substantial aid to the broadening guerrilla insurgency in El Salvador, where the U.S. is the principal backer of the civilian-military government of President José Napoleón Duarte. The U.S. is also a firm supporter of Honduras. Furthermore, the Administration fears that the Nicaraguan military buildup will start a regional arms race, something that no country in the area can afford...
...University Professor, announces he will produce a Broadway musical based on the great wave of immigration that marked the end of the nineteenth century. "It will be called 'Nativism as a Response to Large-Scale Population Influx,'" the historian/entrepreneur says. He adds that he has yet to find a backer for the project...
...clients will be satisfied with the way they are portrayed. One key is finding a reputable producer. Golden persuaded Client Sonia Johnson, who was expelled from the Mormon Church in 1979 because of her outspoken support of the Equal Rights Amendment, to pick Norman Lear, an ardent ERA backer. Says Golden: "It wouldn't have mattered if he had offered only one half the money that anyone else...
...White House were really interested in hanging on to Allen, the president would be staunchly backing him as he did David Stockman. Instead, his aides are dropping heavy hints that they want Allen out, although presidential counselor Edwin Meese III is reportedly Allen's strongest backer within the administration. This is the reason for the double standard, and why Reagan partisan James J. Kilpatrick, for example, wrote a column entitled "Why Allen Should Be Fired...