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...Fisher devotes three chapters of Getting to YES to trying to show that negotiators who pay attention to the interests of their adversaries need not give in. But his justifications, and his ever-present imaginary scenarios, do not persuade. One wonders what "yesable proposition" Chamberlain should have made to Hitler at Munich--or whether, in fact, he did. By avoiding tough cases, Getting to YES begs the question of just when negotiators should refuse to budge. And it ignores scenarios in which trying to satisfy another's "interests"--like Hitler's at Munich--can undermine larger concerns that...
...British actor-managers who tour the provinces paying flawed but fervent fealty to Shakespeare. The time is 1942 in bomb-blasted England, and the war has depleted Sir's resources to an extremely tatty troupe: "I'm reduced to old men, cripples and Nancy-boys. Herr Hitler has made it very difficult for Shakespearean companies...
...series starting about 2 a.m. called "The Moooooooovies," as its theme song syncopates, accompanied by poorly-drawn, tacky animated dancers apparently trying to kick their way out of some eternal fire. The extravaganza is always reserved for one of the worst movies every conceived: Twisted Brain. They Saved Hitler's Brain. Varan the Incredible. Terror in the Jungle. The combined budget for these classics doesn't approach what the Reagans spend on china. One night, the title thus announced is The Terror. I salivate with delight, in anticipation of true terribleness. The stars' names appear. Boris Karloff. Well, he made...
...became a lawyer and national high-jump champion was Interior Minister during the Winter War of 1939-40. Finland, after resisting valiantly, was eventually overwhelmed in that conflict by the Soviet Union, which seized 17,640 square miles of territory and evicted 12% of Finland's population. Following Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, Finland sided with Nazi Germany against Moscow and was forced to pay more than $300 million in reparations to the Soviets after a second crushing defeat...
...admire. He had tremendous faith in himself. He was a man driven by his sense of mission, like Christopher Columbus. Or like Christ. I think that Napoleon felt he had a gigantic purpose in life. He wasn't, as some people say, just another dictator like Hitler, but something more...