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...outrage in his eyes, the Prime Minister told Habib that if the Israelis were bent on destroying Beirut and its people, "then let them kill us all now and get it over with, and let you and the U.S. bear the consequences." Wazzan's performance was both heartfelt and effective. So was the telephone call that P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat made that day to Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, asking for his assistance in stopping the onslaught. Enraged by what Arafat told him about the ongoing bombing, Fahd promised to call Reagan and demand that the carnage cease...
...expressions of solidarity on those social issues, no matter how heartfelt, probably will not appease the far right; after 19 months of soothing presidential rhetoric, it is impatient for action on its social agenda. Nor did Reagan, despite private appeals for loyalty, mollify his tax-hike opponents. Indeed, the tax battle is now forging a rare, rebellious alliance among the New Right, congressional Republicans and conservative businessmen. Says one White House adviser: "I have never seen such animosity from our constituent groups...
When Italian President Sandro Pertini called on Ronald Reagan last week, he was welcomed with unusual warmth. As a military honor guard stood smartly at attention, Reagan spoke effusively of the "common ideals" shared by Italy and the U.S. The reception reflected more than the heartfelt kinship of elder statesmen (Reagan is 71, Pertini 85). During his eight-day U.S. visit, Pertini is being embraced as the leader of a staunch and increasingly important ally-a country that, as Reagan put it, "is no fair-weather friend but instead is an indispensable partner...
Reagan's homely anecdotes often prove to be factually wrong. TV commonly focuses its cameras on the glibbest or noisiest "man (or woman) in the street" to typify instant public reaction. This mutual use offer-example is what made Reagan's outburst so heartfelt: "Is it news that some fellow out in South Succotash some place has just been laid off, that he should be interviewed nationwide?" In turn, checking the accuracy of every anecdote the President uses to make a point may seem a picayune exercise for the press, but it is unavoidable when argument by anecdote...
...That heartfelt stasis is just what the best poems in this volume create. "How to Tell the Girls from the Flowers" moves from the peck on the cheek of its title into a brief and painful embrace...