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Since the first bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut, in April 1983, Secretary of State George Shultz has waged a fervent and frequently lonely campaign to convince the public, and often colleagues in the Reagan Administration, of the need to combat terrorism with swift retaliation. Last week in a speech at the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City, Shultz made his strongest plea yet for public support of aggressive military action against terrorists. "We cannot allow ourselves to become the Hamlet of nations, worrying endlessly over whether and how to respond," he said. "Fighting terrorism will...
...death penalty, the Barfield case was painfully complex. If executed, she would be the first woman prisoner put to death in the U.S. since 1962. Barfield's claim that she murdered while addicted to prescription drugs and has since recovered her sanity and discovered God has mobilized a fervent lobby of supporters. The execution is scheduled for Nov. 2. Despite its potential impact on the election, Hunt felt he had no choice. "Death by arsenic poisoning is slow and agonizing ... I cannot in good conscience justify making an exception...
...that pack of pessimists roaming the land" and turned up his red-white-and-blue rhetoric. He was able to inspire the crowds with slogans and phrases that would sound hokey from others. "Let's make America great again and let the eagle soar," he told the fervent, flag-waving crowd...
...bishop's statement thus seems likely to intensify a budding controversy over the proper role of religion in the 1984 campaign. The issue cropped up early this year with Ronald Reagan's fervent advocacy of school prayer, and erupted more recently in New York with a tense exchange between Governor Mario Cuomo, a Catholic, and Archbishop John O'Connor. Democrat Cuomo accused O'Connor of implicitly advising Catholics to vote against him and other officeholders who accept the church's insistence that abortion is morally wrong but contend that as public officials they have...
Maulvi Farooq, an Islamic zealot whose followers are fervent admirers of Pakistan. Mrs. Gandhi has long feared secessionist tendencies in the strategic state, where Muslims outnumber Hindus by 3.9 million to 1.8 million. The Prime Minister's anger increased when Abdullah joined with politicians from other states whose intent was to form an anti-Gandhi alliance for the national elections that she must call by January...