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...point that it can, with safety, search more actively for accommodations with the Soviet Union. Reagan tried out this new line in a speech last week, softening his rhetoric notably to appeal for a "working relationship" with Moscow. But while campaigning as a peacemaker, Reagan will probably insist that he needs every penny of the 17% increase in military spending that he will request for fiscal...
...Kremlin keeps signaling that he is actively involved in decision making. Last week Andropov sent a message to a visiting delegation of French peace activists urging that "not a single chance should be missed for a return to the path of talks." But the Soviet leader continued to insist that negotiations would only resume when NATO was ready to "return to the situation which had existed prior to the start of the deployment of U.S. medium-range missiles in Europe...
...over, hit by a car, tromped by a horse, robbed, fooled, deceived, doublecrossed, dealt seconds . . . but I am still here." Not even death weakens such a stand. The power of ghosts is that they manage to retain their place in the world in spite of the final obstruction; they insist on their presence. A simple matter, but a basic one. We will do anything to stay around, and to keep others around as well, by way of monuments, ceremonies, books. During the Stalinist terror, the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova stood in line at the Leningrad prison...
...dictatorial rule. He made it more difficult for the U.S. to flex its military muscle against Syria without appearing to be a warmonger. Most U.S. officials interpreted Assad's decision as a signal that Syria wants a rapprochement with the U.S., rather than more confrontation. White House aides insist that Syria has been impressed by American willingness to strike back, with both fighter-bombers and battleship guns, and point out that U.S. reconnaissance planes have not been shot at since mid-December...
Israeli cooperation is especially important. Plagued by continuing casualties and poor morale among its 28,000 troops in southern Lebanon, Jerusalem is contemplating pulling most of them out without a simultaneous Syrian withdrawal. A hasty exit could bring chaos. Israeli officials, however, insist they would coordinate their move with the Lebanese Army, which would enhance Gemayel's authority...