Word: heavyhandedness
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Soames vigorously defends his most controversial actions, such as the Beit Bridge decision. I knew that the South Africans were there," he argues. "In my view, they needed to be there. In no way is this going to interfere with how a single person votes in this country." On the...
During the talks, Egypt's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Butros Ghali, complained bitterly in several interviews that time was running out on the autonomy problems. When Begin expressed irritation at these heavyhanded warnings, Sadat was quick to assure him that he was not orchestrating a "good cop...
One of the worst fears of the Saudi leaders and their neighbors is that the Soviet Union will become actively involved on the side of the monarchies' enemies. So far the Soviets have treated the unrest in the region with relative restraint. But to the east, in Afghanistan, the...
When 13 West Bank mayors submitted their resignations in protest, Weizman began to have second thoughts. After reading a transcript of Shaka'a's talk with Matt, he concluded that the Nablus mayor had been unfairly misquoted as defending the massacre. But at a Cabinet meeting next day...
Actor Heard, who has a gift for portraying troubled and somewhat enigmatic young men, plays Charles lightly, but with an edge of lunacy. The film's statement, that love is madness, seems only partly comic; and it is an open question during most of Head over Heels whether this...