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Hart is hardly an old-fashioned isolationist, yearning to retreat into a Fortress America. At the debate he was careful to place himself in the "moderate mainstream" of past U.S. Presidents. He insisted that he would fulfill NATO commitments (although he has urged the European nations to foot more of the bill) and honor existing treaty obligations (although he vaguely added that some "may or may not deserve our continued support"). His plan to restructure the military to make it more "maneuverable" by, for instance, building a larger number of smaller aircraft carriers might increase America's ability...
...normal circumstances, entering the Golden Temple at Amritsar, Punjab, the holiest of Sikh shrines, is a serene and majestic experience. Over the past few weeks, however, the temple has become a formidable fortress. Religious symbols mix with modern rifle muzzles, automatic weapons, swords and battle-axes. Even women are armed, and some children as young as five have daggers hanging from their belts. The Sikhs, a sect of 12 million that broke with Hinduism at the end of the 15th century, are known equally for being charitable hosts and aggressive warriors. Today they seem solely the latter, as they...
...stars. "The hardest thing about reporting in Hollywood," she says, "is penetrating the thicket of people surrounding celebrities. Stars get heat rash in the constant glare of public scrutiny. If they do not have a thick skin, they get a thick entourage." Despite the difficulties presented by this fortress mentality, there is a need for it. Says Worrell: "Celebrities build barriers to protect themselves from the overcurious public. Unfortunately, a barrier can turn into a prison, an enchanted prison but nonetheless a prison...
Beguiling as those comparisons are between the extraterrestrial and Michael, the earthly, slightly spacey superstar, what may be most pertinently recalled about E.T. is the way in which the family's house was suddenly closed by outside forces, turned from a home into a hermetically sealed fortress. Spielberg talks about the "rage" he senses when he watches Jackson in concert, and the impression of angry release. Jackson, in front of an audience, is like a projectile?alive, explosive?that always returns, charge intact, to the chamber from which it was fired...
...have this huge project serve both the Back Bay and South End neighborhoods and to make it an integral part of the city. The designers, the Architects Collaborative, Inc., with Howard F. Elkus as the principal in charge, somewhat-but, alas, far from entirely-overcame the joyless-fortress syndrome. The composition of the building masses is pleasing. It starts low at the Copley Square side, nicely mending the turnpike damage done there, and steps up to the scale of the Prudential building on the other side. The saving graces of the design are three portals, with dramatic glass canopies...