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Leiken says his conversion was not of the light-blinding sort experienced by St. Paul on the road to Damascus. Rather, he claims, it was based on numerous trips to Nicaragua, during which the true nature of the Sandinista regime gradually became apparent even as his study of the contras convinced him of their potential. The changes in the Nicaraguan situation, he feels, have not been adequately reported by the U.S. and international press...
...condemned Reagan's failure to forge a bipartisan consensus. "I think the Administration has chosen to divide the country rather than unite it by using inflated, hyperbolic rhetoric," he says. "The struggle within the elite in the U.S. has taken precedence over what's going on in Nicaragua...
...fumed in an article that "Leiken has clearly perfected a political formula that appeals to neoliberal publications." Leiken has been called a press agent for various contra leaders, and his willingness to testify before congressional committees has brought charges of opportunism. Even analysts who respect Leiken's knowledge of Nicaragua are disturbed by his strong advocacy posture. Says Peter Bell, president of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation in New York City: "I don't believe that anyone who presents himself as an analyst ought to be as involved as he is in a partisan...
...conservative American Enterprise Institute in Washington defends Leiken's analysis and argues that his colleague is attacked because he has deviated from the leftist line popular among academics. Others who know Central America well defend Leiken, if not always his point of view. "Bob probably knows more about Nicaragua than any other non-Nicaraguan," says Nina Shea of the New York-based International League for Human Rights. "He's tireless in his pursuit of the facts and lets the chips fall where they...
...been known to play a little hardball with Congress, but this pitch had nothing to do with Nicaragua or the budget deficit. Instead, Ronald Reagan was at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium last week to deliver the ceremonial toss that marks opening day of the baseball season. The First Fan's first throw, aimed at Orioles Catcher Rick Dempsey, went wild. Then, as the crowd roared, "Ronnie, Ronnie, Ronnie!" the Gipper wound up and delivered a mitt- smacking strike that Dempsey described as a "good, hard fastball, sailing high." The President hung around the O's dugout for the first...