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...revolution, is misspelled on all their publicity announcements. Such an error indicates an ignorance of Nicaraguan affairs on the part of the sponsors that calls into question their credibility and judgement in publicly presenting a political viewpoint on the situation. Every individual or organization has the right to entertain a person privately, but public sponsorship of political figures and the legitimization that accompanies it should be left to more informed student organizations. Henning Gutmann...
...contrast to such fluff, Lawrence Spivak in the early days of NBC's Meet the Press set a standard for Sunday talk shows with politicians. He refused to court either the guest or the audience. The aim of such shows, after all, is to inform more than to entertain. In fair, informed and gentlemanly questioning, no one excels Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer of public television. The self-restraint is admirable, but such a style of questioning lacks the articulate aplomb, the audacity that is close to rudeness, favored by British interviewers who put their own country...
Yamashita finished his day at the plant at 5:30 p.m. He did not take time to chant the company song. Instead, he hurried off to entertain a few clients at a restaurant. Such affairs are an integral part of Japanese business life, and Yamashita must often attend them five nights a week. He got home...
...doomed. From the moment that Black Power became the SNCC byword, phones were tapped, arrests were made, leaders shot. As one FBI memorandum about the organization concluded, "You are urged to take an enthusiastic and imaginative approach to this new counterintelligence endeavor and the Bureau will be pleased to entertain any suggestions or techniques you may recommend." Obviously, fear of repression should not place absolute limits on militance; the calculating radical, however, will wait until he has the support to challenge the state, not be snuffed...
...Reagan phoned Carter with a gracious offer: if Carter was no longer President when the hostages reached West Germany, Reagan wanted him to greet them there on behalf of the U.S. Carter was grateful, but thought he could make the trip before he and Rosalynn were to entertain the Reagans at the traditional preInauguration coffee pour on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the White House. By 2 p.m. on Monday, Carter knew that his time had run out. He called Reagan to accept the invitation...