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Soviet withdrawal would be followed by formation of a provisional government acceptable to all the Afghan people, Hekmatyrar said. The provisional government would prepare for elections that the guerrillas expect would lead to creation of an independent, nonaligned Moslem republic, he said...
Moranis, who does his own singing, is superb as the credulous Krelborn, and featured bit players Bill Murray, John Candy and Christopher Guest walk through their roles with the workmanlike competence we've come to expect...
...said doesn't expect to be offered the position because it likely would cost the Republican Party a Senate seat...
...accountant, a policeman, even a stenographer who has been hospitalized for emotional distress can expect some probing questions when applying for a new job. Then how come Oliver North had no trouble winning a position in 1981 on the National Security Council staff, where emotional stability should be a prime requisite? Probably because hardly anyone knew, until the Miami Herald reported it last week, that North had spent three weeks in Bethesda Naval Hospital for emotional problems six years before he joined the NSC. Why no one knew is another question...
...military will stay quiet only if the President deals decisively with the Communist threat, which has spread to 64 of the country's 74 provinces. Few expect the present 60-day cease-fire to hold, and many hard-liners on both sides cannot wait for it to collapse. Aquino's unswerving Catholicism and her calm distaste for radical reforms make her highly unsympathetic to the Communist cause. Yet she is convinced that most of the rebels were driven to the hills not out of ideology but out of desperation, and can therefore be won back by negotiation. As the second...