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...downed C-123K had been used in 1984 by the CIA and the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration in a sting operation designed to show that the Sandinistas were dealing in cocaine. The CIA's hand is evident in other secret air operations related to the Nicaragua conflict. Southern Air Transport is a Miami firm that was wholly controlled by the CIA until 1972. The State Department confirmed that it had used Southern Air to fly part of the legal $27 million in nonmilitary supplies from the U.S. to the contras. The department said it had no responsibility for the fact...
...Jerome brothers are screaming at each other about how to write a radio skit. Eugene, the younger, keeps tossing out what he thinks are funny situations. Stanley insists on order and method. The keys to comedy, he says, are "conflict" and "wanting," and every detail must make sense. Eugene demands, "It's just a comedy sketch. Does it have to be so logical?" Stanley, the self-appointed teacher, replies, "It's not funny if it's not believable...
...musical They 're Playing Our Song (1979) to the trilogy?has clicked. Meanwhile, the new marriage thrived for about eight years, then ended in divorce in 1982. Although Simon wrote five films for her to star in (notably 1977's The Goodbye Girl), part of the problem was career conflict. There were other tensions, about which they are enigmatic. "Marsha was starting to find new ways to express herself in her life and her work," Simon says. Mason remains attentive and admiring. Says she: "Neil is totally honest. He doesn't edit much, which can be a problem for someone...
...That could be a huge problem for the U.S. if the simmering conflict over Taiwan ever boils over. "The Chinese understand how dependent the Americans are on these spy satellites," says John Pike, a satellite expert with GlobalSecurity.org. "And they understand how easy it is to shoot them down." A strike against intelligence-gathering satellites, he theorizes, would likely be China's first move in any military action against Taiwan. "If the Chinese are to have any hope of grabbing Taiwan while nobody is looking, they have to win quickly," Pike says. "They have to present the Americans with...
...opposition, while the majority of Sunnis back the government and the Future Tide movement of Saad Hariri, Rafik's son and political heir. The tension between the two camps also mirrors the broader Shi'ite-Sunni political rift throughout the Arab world that has been rekindled by the Iraq conflict. The chief protagonists in this new "cold war," as some analysts describe it, are Shi'ite Iran and Saudi Arabia, the leader of the Sunni Arab world...