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They petitioned Congress to find the killers. In 1971, when he finally obtained a transcript of the Army hearing, Kassab became convinced of his stepson-in-law's guilt. "If the courts won't administer justice," he said grim ly, "I will...
...speech, as finally delivered, was one of the most effective of Reagan's presidency. Stern-faced and grim-voiced throughout the 18 minutes, the President indicted the Soviets for a "crime against humanity" that had "absolutely no justification, either legal or moral." He used the word "massacre" six times to describe it. In a key passage, Reagan asserted, "This attack was not just against ourselves or the Republic of Korea. This was the Soviet Union against the world and the moral precepts which guide human relations among people everywhere...
...announced not once but twice that he was cutting short his California holiday-first by two days, then by three-as his determination to confer personally with the National Security Council in Washington grew more urgent. Just before boarding Air Force One for the trip back to Washington, a grim Reagan mounted an outdoor podium and read an extraordinary statement. Calling the Soviet attack a "barbaric act," the President implied that it reflected baser motives than even the 1979 U.S.S.R. invasion of Afghanistan. "While events in Afghanistan and elsewhere have left few illusions about the willingness of the Soviet Union...
They were attractive Democratic candidates who easily captured the crucial states of Ohio and Michigan, succeeding retiring Republican Governors. Their wins last fall were viewed by nervous G.O.P. strategists as a grim signal to Ronald Reagan and his economic programs...
...words of five white Harvard undergraduates who have lived in South Africa paint a grim portrait of the future of that nation. Giselle M. Benatar '86, Gerald M. Fox '86, Nita Lelyveld '86, Mary J. Menell '85, and one junior who asked not to be identified all agree that change, possibly bloody change, will come. But they disagree on the roles which Harvard and the United States can and should play in causing that change to occur...