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Guatemala's military government is regarded by much of Latin America as particularly brutal in its suppression of peasant dissent. Usually, its actions against insurgent campesinos take place in provincial backwaters, thus escaping widespread attention. This time, however, the regime moved against a foreign embassy in the full glare of worldwide publicity. Said one diplomat in Mexico City: "It is worse than the Iranian hostage business. This is outright murder...
...first real test of his campaign for reelection, he gave Senator Edward Kennedy the walloping of his life at the Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses. Without a doubt, as once predicted, Carter did "whip his ass." Then, standing in the glare of TV lights in the House of Representatives, the President sent the Soviets a forceful warning in his State of the Union address: "Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America...
...Greek princess who knew her way around a maze, and those false starts tell much about the female condition. Some are searing: a humiliating first love, a horrific illegal abortion, even an infanticide of mythic proportion. Other beginnings-an unfulfilled love affair, a suicide attempt-erupt with a pyrotechnic glare that gradually dims under the author's keen, ironic scrutiny. In this case, the prologue is an end unto itself...
Last week, under the glare of TV lights, the board of medical examiners opened a hearing into its charges. Dr. Nick was among the first to testify. Recalling an association that began in 1967 when he treated the star for saddle sores, he painted a fascinating, depressing picture of life with the king: - Presley was probably addicted to the painkiller Demerol and barbiturates as well. Twice, in October 1973 and again in March 1975, he was hospitalized, and attempts were made to wean him off drugs, one time using methadone. But Presley was so distrustful of his doctors after learning...
Your Man of the Year cover "portrait" of Khomeini, complete with reddened eyes and baleful glare, simply serves to show how the media can be perverted to propagate prejudice, hatred and ill feeling among people. Is this responsible journalism...