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...with the prospect of American military intervention was dubious. It invited a chain of tough questions that only put the Administration more on the defensive at a time when it needs to close partisan ranks: What if the Congress goes along with the White House, but the contras still fail? What if the Sandinistas will yield to their enemies neither at the bargaining table nor on the battlefield? Might the U.S. face an unhappy choice: accepting defeat and humiliation by proxy, or having to come to the rescue of its proxies with its own troops? Then the U.S. could find...
...reporting on Governor George Wallace's decision to retire [NATION, April 14], you fail to do him justice. History will place Wallace among America's statesmen. He stood up for states' rights and sought to counter a form of governmental oppression called regulation. Gary P. Hollis Lawrenceville...
...trying to reconstruct a winning prime-time schedule. "We've got to protect what goes on screen," says Stoddard, 49, who was named programming chief last November after running ABC's mini-series and theatrical-films operations, "because what goes on the screen will make us succeed or fail." The network has ordered 27 pilots for potential fall series, more than either of its two rivals. Lucille Ball will star in a new sitcom, and other prospective series include a sci-fi drama based on the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth. "Some of the shows...
Reagan will try humor, because last time when he told his few jokes to Gorbachev, the Soviet chief's eyes lighted up. Humor sometimes penetrates heavy shadows when other thrusts fail." It really was natural with him," says the President. "I had a good supply of jokes, and I'll have a few new ones for this time...
...German-language edition of this novel sold more than 400,000 copies; translations into French, Spanish and Dutch also became best sellers, and the book will ultimately appear in more than 30 languages. Someday, centuries hence, this phenomenon may seem easily explicable. Of course: How could such a book fail? After all, it is about a physically repulsive 18th century Frenchman with no discernible personality, no body odor and the keenest sense of smell the world has ever seen...