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...southwest of Algiers, and began rolling toward the capital. He expected no resistance. Army cohorts in Algiers had promised to disrupt government communications, and he was counting on the support of Major Said Abid, commander of the First Military Region, who controlled the approaches to Algiers. There was one flaw in the plot: Boumediene's secret police knew its every detail. Forewarned, the President quickly crushed the coup, dispatching his own troops and planes to ambush the insurgent column near the old French colonial town of Blida...
...evening's chief flaw that there was too much tooting and not enough musicianship. I tend to give the Band the benefit of the doubt, though, and hope that next time, with more rehearsal, lavish praise will again be appropriate...
...Basic Flaw. Che's death illustrates how unsuccessful the attempt has been. In the eight years since Castro came to power, Cuba has spent $400 million on its "wars of liberation," trained 5,000 young Latin American guerrillas and launched more than 15 different at tempts at revolution in twelve Latin American countries. All of them have failed, though small groups still operate in Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela and Bolivia. Even in these countries, guerrilla bands have been reduced to a fraction of their original strength, and are at best fighting only defensive actions...
...flaw in Che's philosophy of revolution is revealed in his book Guerrilla Warfare, which sets down a step-by-step plan for organizing peasants for a Cuban-style revolution. What Che ignored was the fact that Castro did not really create a peasant revolution in Cuba. Though the peasants supported and sustained his forces during the early fighting in the Sierra Maestra, the real turning point came when Cuba's urban middle class, which actually made up the bulk of Castro's army, suddenly began deserting Dictator Fulgencio Batista and sent the jittery strongman fleeing into...
Medicare, Part A, has one major flaw: it provides no requirement or incentive for hospitals to cut costs. It reimburses the cost as billed, high or low. In major cities, a day in one of the better hospitals costs $80 to $90, counting not only the semiprivate-room charge, food, treatment, drugs, nursing care and laundry but all the innumerable X rays and laboratory tests now inseparable from optimal care. One possibility: allow HEW to make a long-term contract with a hospital to treat patients at a flat rate; if the hospital can cut costs without trimming services...