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Those close brushes with martyrdom gave Castro and Gaddafi not just new incentives for making mischief against the U.S. but also new prestige in the eyes of others who have their own grievances, of which some may even be legitimate. When he plays Goliath, Uncle Sam elicits boos for himself...
JOHN GLENN (1992). The Ohio Democrat has heard boos at home, a once unthinkable phenomenon. But he is, after all, the first American to orbit the earth. It will take a bigger legend to beat him.
And the crowd was rowdy. A chorus of boos lambasted the competitors when none moved from their starting spots in one round. Where else could you hear, "Check the camera. Check the camera. The autofocus is emitting infrared light and confusing the sensors."
In Bucharest, Ceausescu appeared before a contrived propaganda rally outside the presidential palace. Thousands of workers had been assembled to applaud and wave flags on cue as he called for unity and tried to blame the riots on Hungarian "revanchists" bent on recapturing Transylvania. His rasping voice was rising to...
"Developments are now unforeseeable," said West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who interrupted a six-day official visit to Poland to fly to West Berlin for a celebration. "I have no doubt that unity will eventually be achieved. The wheel of history is turning faster now." At the square in front...