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Both works live up to their Tolstoyan title. Under executive producer Zvi Dor-Ner, the series freshens the emblematic images of the nuclear age with rare footage and ironic juxtapositions, so that the viewer is more likely to look, and think, twice. Yet another mushroom cloud, at first almost a cliche, becomes surreal as Communist Chinese cavalrymen are shown charging toward ground zero as part of a training exercise, riders and horses wearing special masks to protect them against the blast...
...Reagan's foreign policy achievements fall under the shadow of the unethical standards he encouraged. His Administration's deceit on behalf of the Nicarguan contras has been reprehensible. The Administration has tried to cloud foreign policy issues by casting doubt about which branch has Constitutional authority to make foreign policy, or trying to pretend the disputes are mere partisan politics. Would either be a valid excuse for claiming one policy while carrying out another? It becomes a question of honesty and honor. Would any of us buy a used car from Elliot Abrams? Even if Ollie North would deliver...
Barry is an unlikely choice as a personnel expert. Eleven of his former aides have gone to the slammer for various crimes, including stealing city funds. A dozen more have departed under a cloud. The District's municipal work force of 47,000 is among the nation's most oversize and inefficient. Its most egregious shortcoming is the shoddy service it provides to poor and working- class blacks, who constitute Barry's most solid base of political support...
...head in a car crash. It decelerates outside Elizabeth Taylor's current home, which belonged to Frank Sinatra when his son was kidnaped and held for $240,000 ransom. It motors around the corner, past Ronald and Nancy Reagan's retirement villa. The original address was 666 St. Cloud Street, but because 666 is the number of the Antichrist, the Reagans petitioned the city council to have the number changed to 668, perhaps after advice from Nancy's astrologer...
Washington: Strobe Talbott, Stanley W. Cloud, David Aikman, Gisela Bolte, Ricardo Chavira, Michael Duffy, Glenn Garelik, Dan Goodgame, Ted Gup, Jerry Hannifin, Steven Holmes, Richard Hornik, Jay Peterzell, Elaine Shannon, Alessandra Stanley, Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver New York: Bonnie Angelo, Joelle Attinger, Eugene Linden, Thomas McCarroll, Naushad S. Mehta, Marguerite Michaels, Priscilla Painton, Raji Samghabadi, Janice C. Simpson, Martha Smilgis Boston: Robert Ajemian, Sam Allis, Melissa Ludtke Chicago: Gavin Scott, Barbara Dolan, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: B. Russell Leavitt Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: James Carney Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jonathan Beaty, Scott Brown, Elaine Dutka...