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...Russians, tempered by centuries of land invasions, national security has long been defined as the control of territory and the subjugation of neighbors. Moscow's desire for a protective buffer, combined with a thousand- year legacy of expansionism and a 20th century overlay of missionary Marxism, was what prompted Stalin to leave his army in Eastern Europe after World War II and impose puppet regimes in the nations he had liberated...
Gorbachev and Shevardnadze said once again last week that NATO and the Warsaw Pact should eventually be dismantled. NATO Secretary-General Manfred Worner dismissed the suggestion as "a long-standing aim" of Soviet policy. Still, if there is no cold war to fight, it will be impossible at some point to avoid reconsidering the roles of the two military alliances. One of Worner's predecessors, Britain's Lord Ismay, said the goal of NATO was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down." As the Soviet threat recedes, NATO could serve to keep the West Germans...
...seem the stuff of slasher movies, but according to Filipino director Lino Brocka, they are real. His film, based in part on testimony collected by Amnesty International, charges that human rights violations are more widespread under President Corazon Aquino than they were during the Marcos regime, which Brocka had long criticized. Fight for Us is a cry for justice, from a man out of breath, for a nation nearly eviscerated by fratricide...
...were in Puerto Rico, which the regional office administered. Last week HUD Secretary Jack Kemp decided to move Puerto Rico operations out of the New York region, which would put them beyond D'Amato's reach. D'Amato also helped gain HUD financing for work in his hometown on Long Island, where his brother Armand, a lawyer, profited from the closings on house sales. Armand D'Amato also represented a company that won a HUD contract for a luxury resort rather than housing for the poor...
...deceptively simple design -- entry No. 1,026 in a contest she never dreamed she would win -- had enabled America not only finally to confront the outcome of the Viet Nam War but also to begin the long process of healing. The memorial made it possible for the country to come together and honor those who had served -- those who had died and those who had come home to anything but a hero's welcome. Lin was proud of her achievement, yet disillusioned by the negative reactions her design had initially elicited ("a black gash of shame," to cite...