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Defense Secretary Weinberger made an impassioned appeal at the meeting for using START to confront the Soviet Union with a "challenge" by demanding that it bring its throw weight down to the U.S. level. Haig rebutted Weinberger. Slamming down his fist and fixing his steeliest gaze on Reagan, Haig warned that the Pentagon's option would be dismissed not just by the Soviets but by the U.S.'s allies as a cynical ploy, and that the result would be "a military and political catastrophe." How the President resolved the dispute, said Haig, would be "the most important decision...
...bare red Jones at light center bulb stage, reveals the slumped Rev. in that familiar straight-backed armchair, legs akimbo, dark glasses shading eyes that gaze off dissolutely into space. The image has become one of our era's most indelible, and the events that sprang from it -Jones' the People's suicide-murder Temple of in 913 Guyana members in of 1978-still cry out for explanation. Jones town Express, which premiered last week at Providence's Trinity Square Repertory Theater, flounders somewhat as it butts against the incomprehensibility of the tragedy...
...over by the French government, the local committee will be back in charge next year, working to create what it hopes will become a living museum stretching 60 miles along the length of the invasion beaches. Last year about 1.5 million visitors, almost half of them Americans, stopped to gaze at the 172-acre U.S. cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, where 9,386 soldiers are buried beneath an immaculate lawn. The sheer multitude of white crosses and Stars of David, arranged in neat rows that undulate over the green expanse, forces a hushed reverence, even on buses filled with students...
...American epic quality. Redford plays the store and wholesome Hobbs wonderfully. Oddly enough, Redford does not have many lines or verbally revealing moments. In fact, the screenplay is one of the film's weakest points. Yet it is Redford's captivating screen presence and his seemingly perceptive and honest gaze that allow him to maintain credibly a surprising heroical stance. The film relies on the unspoken, the power of lovely images and an excellent soundtrack. Redford is ideal for the part of the persevering stoic hero, among the other features of the film...
...country over to the guerrillas, election day was part festival, part family outing. As street vendors hawked papusas (stuffed corncakes) and ice cream near polling stations, uniformed soldiers casually stood by. Voters chatted, joked and waited pa1tiently in line for hours to cast their votes under the watchful" gaze of vigilantes (poll watchers) decked out in the red-white-and-blue colors of ARENA or the dark green of the Christian Democrats. Election lines moved smoothly, and most of the voting was completed well before the 6 p.m. deadline. Said José Antin Herrera, an election council official...