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...series of interviews, a defiant Shamir rejected the U.S. plan. Said he: "This paper given to us is not Moses' Commandments from Mount Sinai." Calling the proposal "fraught with danger" for Israel, he said the "document does not serve the cause of peace or advance it even by one centimeter." Shamir opposes surrendering the West Bank in return for a promise of peace, arguing that the territory, captured in 1967, formed part of the biblical land of Israel and now provides the nation with more secure borders...
...Such defiant sentiments seem to be spreading among Nicaragua's citizens. Three weeks ago, the Sandinista leadership was heartened when Congress cut off new aid to the contras. But contra-Sandinista talks were suspended late last week with no agreement, and most Nicaraguans no longer believe the country is headed toward peace and prosperity. The Sandinistas may have won a political battle on Capitol Hill, but back home they risk losing the war for hearts, minds -- and bellies...
Back in Panama, a defiant Noriega, who celebrated his 50th birthday last week, responded to the mushrooming charges against him with some old-fashioned Yanqui bashing. To the cheers of peasant supporters, he said his struggle with the U.S. was a battle for "national liberation." He suggested that the U.S. Southern Command, which maintains 10,000 troops in Panama, be sent packing. As for Blandon, Noriega dismissed him as a "Benedict Arnold" and a "paranoid...
...Unbearable Lightness of Being, directed by Phil Kaufman (The Right Stuff), from Czech Author Milan Kundera's 1984 novel, marks a defiant step backward toward movie maturity. It is about life and death, love and responsibility, private morality and power politics. It rekindles the sparks of adult sexuality on the American screen. And in its capacious reach, the picture means to embrace three decades of European films. For 2 hours 47 minutes, it dances from the skeptical eroticism of mid-'60s Czech films to the leaden sentimentality of French Director Claude Lelouch. At its best, it recalls the anguished intensity...
...brought order and learning -- and national acclaim -- to Westside Preparatory School with her own brand of rules. Chewing gum is out: "If they insist on chewing gum, we have them do a paper on the etymology of the word gum." Any cocky youngster who walks into Westside with a defiant swagger, or wearing gang jewelry, gets special treatment: "I put my arm on their shoulder and say, 'Darling, is your hip broken?' Or, 'You're going to have to take out that earring...