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...course, this turnaround is ominous to conservatives, who fear that Reagan has become senile in his old age and is no match for the skillful Gorbachev. The new reforms, they argue, mask Gorbachev's plan to revive the stagnant Soviet economy and rival our technological capability. What they fail to realize is that a paranoid Soviet Union presents a greater threat to world peace than one that openly recognizes its past atrocities and encourages the expression of different views. An economically weak military superpower would be more likely to play off its area of strength; so America should welcome relations...
...course, many, many close-ups of the star, whose expressive range, never very wide, has now narrowed to an all-purpose mask. Stallone seems to feel that facial muscles are the only ones that do not require constant workouts. It's the same way with conversation, which he obviously worries might interrupt the awed contemplation of his beauty. A lowball estimate indicates that, not counting grunts and groans, the star collected about $500,000 per spoken sentence on this film. All this staring and gawking somewhat slows the action, which is more crudely orchestrated than in the previous Rambo adventures...
...historical artifacts. But historical furniture and some works of art were ruined. The Cabildo, where the Louisiana Purchase was completed in 1803, is regarded as one of America's most treasured landmarks. Fortunately, thanks to the firemen's quick reflexes, many irreplaceable objects survived, including a bronze death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte...
...funeral did have the momentary effect of unifying the fractured Palestinian community in mourning. Almost every faction was represented at the burial, and the graveside frenzy was dignified by the presence of such Palestinian leaders as Farouk Kadoumi, Nayef Hawatmey and George Habash. But the turnout could not mask the absence of one man: Arafat. As his closest friend was being lowered into the ground, Arafat was in Libya talking to Muammar Gaddafi...
...Washington's explanations could not mask Hondurans' brewing resentment at high-handed U.S. treatment. It goes beyond the illegality of the Matta nabbing, which blatantly thwarted a provision of the Honduran constitution that protects citizens from extradition. For years Honduras has been a reluctant party to Reagan's war on Nicaragua's Marxist Sandinistas. While acting as host to the contras in exchange for extensive military aid, Honduran leaders have repeatedly issued embarrassed denials that rebel bases exist within their borders. But more than once Honduras was forced to give the lie to its own claims. Just last month...