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...proliferation of authoritarian governments in Africa represents a stage in the political development of what are still very young nations. "We have to recognize that the constitutions we bequeathed to our former African colonies don't work in some places," says a British official. "It is not a mortal sin for these countries to adapt them to their own particular circumstances...
...difficult to imagine a more perfect economy of drama. The Pope's deed spoke, not his words, and it spoke with the full authority of his mortal life and the danger to which Agca had subjected it. The meaning of John Paul's forgiveness was profoundly Christian. He embraced his enemy and pardoned...
...production so dazzlingly elegant that the final, abrupt catastrophe seemed a nightmare from which the descending curtain would deliver the audience. Now Harrison, a strangely serene fatalist of a patriarch, has come to Broadway in Anthony Page's more earthbound revival. These are not Olympians playing at mortal games but overage children playing blindman's buff as the apocalypse closes in on them. Still, they are Shaw's creatures, and in this splendid, savory play they can still beguile. As the daughters, Harris (who takes Rigg's role here) has a madcap-heiress presence, charming herself...
...Syrian President may have dealt a mortal blow to Arafat's leadership, but his brutal Realpolitik was not supported by any Arab government except Libya's. From Jordan and Egypt to Saudi Arabia and the gulf states, Arab governments were still voicing support for Arafat...
...talks, the mood in Beirut was not so much sad as fearful. The strike at the Marine compound, like the mortal attack against the U.S. embassy last April, demonstrated that not even a superpower is safe from violence in Lebanon. A former Lebanese Cabinet official argued that such tragedies give the U.S. greater leverage in the country's affairs. "The Americans have over 200 dead. That earns you the right to speak up," he said. "The U.S. has paid the price of admission." If the ticket costs this much, Washington-and the American people-may eventually decide that attendance...