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...times, Kafka in his role as an older advisor contradicts a statement of Janouch's, and the contradictions seem somehow more sincere than other sections where Kafka appears loath to force his opinions. At one point, Janouch comments at an exhibit of paintings that Picasso "is a willful distortionist...
...type of government that Arabs seem to feel most comfortable with is an autocratic one, preferably military. "Arab politics," comments Lebanese Political Scientist Elie Salem, "has always ridden on horseback. Salvation is expected from the army." Having saved a country, the army is loath to share power. Even if the rebellious officers had won in the Sudan two weeks ago, outside observers believe, they would soon have turned on the Communists who gave them support...
...came from humble backgrounds. Only a few days after seizing power, it nationalized the U.S.-owned International Petroleum Co. and refused to pay compensation on the grounds that the company had illegally taken oil out of the country worth at least six times as much as the seized holdings. Loath to damage its relations with Peru, the U.S. has not pressed the issue. Though it was the only instance in which the junta refused compensation, the I.P.C. case nevertheless frightened off potential investors...
...Pakistan's President Agha Mo hammed Yahya Khan was loath to let Mujib attain power in the central government, and he was even less inclined to grant greater autonomy to East Pakistan. The subsequent crackdown by Pakistan's army, resulting in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of East Pakistanis, has made a political settlement even more remote...
...difficult to understand why a people who have had to struggle for sheer survival throughout their existence should be loath to take even the most minimal risks with their security. During his Jordan-sponsored tour of the Golan Heights, Rogers turned to his lieutenant, Joe Sisco, and remarked that it was easy to see how the Israelis could be so concerned about security in such terrain. But Rogers also took pains to note that he could understand, too, how the Arabs felt when looking at land that once was theirs...