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America's European allies, the recipients of much of that nagging, were outraged. Moreover, the U.S. was likely to forfeit the trust of moderate Arab nations that live in terror of Iranian-fomented Islamic fundamentalist revolutions and fear anything that might build up Tehran's military machine. Finally, the Administration seemed to have lost at least temporarily any chance of gaining the release of the missing six U.S. hostages in Lebanon, or of cultivating the Iranian politicians who might sooner or later take over from Khomeini. The 86-year-old Ayatullah is reported to be bedridden following a recent heart...
Zorn's Big Gundown strolls even farther afield for inspiration, to the spaghetti-western Italy of Composer Ennio Morricone and beyond. Zorn and his ensemble build up huge soundscapes of wailing guitars (a Morricone trademark in his scores for Director Sergio Leone) and screaming saxes, vamping freestyle on the thinnest of musical motives from such films as Once Upon a Time in the West and The Burglars. Not for every taste, to be sure. Call it The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, but check...
...clear to me that a world in which no country will admit to having nuclear weapons and yet in which many countries can secretly build scores of weapons in a matter of months would be a safer world," said Ratner...
...think it is good to build a relationship with Iran, but relationships can't be bought," he said. "A relationship is achieved by building good communications and mutual understanding," said Fisher, who praised communications with Iran but criticized the arms sale...
More than a dozen Cornell professors nailed plywood and stretched plastic sheeting to build the two shanties, said a reporter for the Cornell Daily...