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...action reaches the Supreme Court (as it does for most of the second half), the scenes get even more stilted. "I agree with Reed," says one Justice, discussing the case with his colleagues. "We were not appointed to this court to make the law. We're here to interpret it." Yet the decisive moment for Chief Justice Earl Warren (Richard Kiley) is rendered in simplistic human terms: an inspirational trip to Gettysburg and the sight of his black chauffeur sleeping in the car because he can't get a motel room. What was all that legal mumbo jumbo anyway...
This scene was married by Chrysalde's pechant for forcing out his lines. The way Gerster delivered his lines seemed to mock Moliere's verse rather than genuinely interpret it. The conversation became a shouting match of couplets rather than a poetic discussion between two friends...
...morning of Oct. 19, we were received in the White House by the President. Also present were Baker, Scowcroft, head of the White House staff John Sununu, and other close aides of the President. Bush asked whether it was really possible to interpret Saddam's contention that he was a "realist" as a sign of his readiness to get out of Kuwait. The President displayed a keen interest in the psychological characteristics of Saddam and in the history of my relations with him. Bush asked many specific questions, and he took notes. It was obvious that some of my observations...
...Malcolm was always imaged with violence. He was always making statements that he would let you interpret, like 'by any means possible,'" Haley said, "while Dr. King was imaged with peace...
...what may have seemed then like the most cautious approach was a serious miscalculation. The public will probably interpret the Democrats' calls for patience and prudence as signs of weakness and indecision. Whatever its merits, the sanctions policy would only have postponed the tough decisions that the president, and most Americans, knew had to be made then. When the United Nations deadline expired, Bush wanted to act, and the Democrats simply stalled...