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...expanding investigation into such matters will inevitably dredge up revelations about the links that North and others had with the private effort to help the Nicaraguan rebels. During much of the past two years, there was a congressional ban on direct or indirect U.S. military assistance to the contras. Eugene Hasenfus, the American mercenary who was released last week, is expected to be among those called by Congress to testify next year. When asked if he would do so, Hasenfus replied...
...Rockefeller Center, not of the banal glass box) hinted at vastly oversized Mayan temples; the contrast between glittering surface and deep wells and slots of shadow suggested exuberance and secrecy conjoined, the "metropolitan style" of Big Business. Instead of quoting Gothic or Renaissance detail as an indirect sign of quality, the whole tower changed into a business logo, architecture as advertisement -- the archexample being William Van Alen's Chrysler Building, 1928-31, with friezes of hubcaps and wheels, gargantuan winged chrome radiator ornaments and stainless-steel finial...
...money was made available at a time when direct and indirect government military assistance to the Contras was prohibited by law, and there was evidence that the Justice Department was looking into the operations of a privately financed support program for Contra rebels in Nicaraguan...
...with Ronald Reagan. But once the broad outlines of the incredible story became known, the consequences were dire. The Administration appeared to have violated at least the spirit, and possibly the letter, of a long succession of U.S. laws that are intended to stop any arms transfers, direct ( or indirect, to Iran. Washington looked to be sabotaging its own efforts to organize a worldwide embargo against arms sales to Iran, and hypocritically flouting its incessant admonitions to friends and allies not to negotiate with terrorists for the release of their captives...
Chun has agreed to revise the present indirect system of selecting the chief executive, but remains stubbornly opposed to fully democratic elections, which his military-dominated party would probably lose. Instead, he favors a parliamentary system, in which a Prime Minister would be selected on the basis of seats held in the National Assembly. Kim charges that any such election could be rigged in advance to split the opposition and assure the autocratic Chun's continued rule...