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...believed that war should be "a last, reluctant resort," to be pursued only with limited aims and limited forces. By comparison, the "Zionist Revisionist movement," from which Prime Minister Menachem Begin's Likud government was born, has always given "war a larger place." With their "mystique of heroism . . . martial songs, uniforms, parades and unofficial armies," Eban writes, the Revisionists, even 40 years ago, "did not shrink from personal assassinations and attacks on predominantly civilian Arab targets." Last year, he adds, a similar spirit moved Israeli forces to invade Lebanon with many grand ambitions. But "nine months later," writes Eban...
Walesa was released in November from confinement that began a year earlier, when the Communist government imposed martial Law in Poland...
...began as an angry demonstration by leftist students at the University of Dhaka against the military regime of Lieut. General H.M. Ershad, 53. Shouting "Deception!" and "Food first, language second, generals last!" hundreds of students last week marched into the streets of Dhaka in open defiance of martial law: When the students ignored orders to return to the campus, police shot tear-gas canisters into the crowd, which was armed with bricks, hockey sticks and knives. Throughout the day, as fighting spread to other Bangladesh cities, bands of students continued guerrilla-style raids, beating civilians, burning shops and attacking buses...
...achievement of the Tavianis and their cast of professional and nonprofessional actors that the receptive viewer comes to see and share these dreams, finding gentle humor and martial horror in each character, each scene and shot. By the end of this majestic entertainment one feels like the children in it: that one has not been told this story but dreamed it, and awakened refreshed and exhilarated...
...members hope to enlighten Harvard students about human rights issues of encourage them to become involved. Harvard A.I. co-chairman Norman E. Yamada '84 said. Veselica is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for distributing "hostile propaganda," and Orlando is serving a 15-year sentence for opposing martial...