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Maybe because it was shot in England instead of the Philippines, Full Metal Jacket is clothed not in the lush tropical colors of other Viet Nam films but in the desaturated green-gray of a war zone as it would appear on the 6 o'clock news. Hue might be Pittsburgh. Here, only death looks luscious: gunfire makes a gutted warehouse flare into brilliant orange, and the blood of strafed civilians waters the countryside, turning it into poppy fields. The drama is desaturated too. The soldiers have no ideals to defend, just their asses; the accompanying music is not Samuel...
Dumping, however, can become a jungle of complications once lawyers or government bureaucrats get together and try to figure out what really happened. A trade negotiator in Tokyo says the U.S.-Japan semiconductor agreement, for example, is like the jewel beetle, an iridescent insect whose hue changes depending on which angle it is viewed from. "One guy thinks it's green," he says. "Another says it's blue...
Both Gorbachev and Reagan, of course, have their own personal reasons for wanting a deal. For Reagan, an arms-control accord could prove to be the ticket out of his Iran-contra doldrums, restoring a golden hue to his tarnished presidency. For Gorbachev, stable relations with the U.S. are essential if he is to have the time, energy and authority to concentrate on the internal reforms he is attempting. Masterly communicators, the two leaders have created a public perception that an agreement may be within reach. "The most important thing," says a senior U.S. official, "is that arms control...
Since 1982 the Administration has negotiated no fewer than 18 agreements with steel-producing countries that limit exports to the U.S. market. Last year, as the trade hue and cry rose once again on Capitol Hill, the Administration pressured Japan and Taiwan into limiting their exports of machine tools to the U.S. for five years. When West Germany and Switzerland refused to go along with such "voluntary" restraints, Washington set quotas that rolled back their exports to levels set in 1981 and 1985. Also in 1986, the Administration negotiated separate agreements with Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea that...
Like Oliver Stone, Dye is a decorated Viet Nam veteran. His was among the first units to splash ashore there in 1965. Over the next decade, he saw buddies die at such hot spots as Hue and Foxtrot Ridge, and he was wounded three times by rockets and mortar fire. "We fought a hell of a war," he declares, "and until now, Hollywood didn't give a damn about getting it right...