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...that it can best change Cuban policies by "demonstrating over time that compromise is in Havana's interests." The State Department denies that the U.S. ever "closed the door to a dialogue," and Secretary of State George Shultz indicated last week that chances for opening talks now were nil. "If Cuba changes its behavior, fine," he told the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "But Cuba is not likely to do that in response to some general plea from...
...this month's election. The dominant figure in Salvadoran politics would then be Republican Nationalist Alliance leader Roberto D'Aubuisson, who former ambassador Robert White calls a "pathological killer." D'Aubuisson has vowed to intensify the fight against leftist guerillas, making the prospect for a peaceful settlement virtually nil...
Perhaps because the Administration realized that prospects were nil for a diplomatic breakthrough, the White House had originally scheduled just 30 minutes of private policy conversation between Reagan and Mubarak. But that short shrift ran counter to the Administration's aim, which was, as a U.S. official explained, "to establish a personal relationship" between Reagan and Mubarak, and the meetings were lengthened to one hour...
...determine if the plane touched down too late or whether the runway was icy. Pilot Peter Langley says he tried to slow the aircraft with brakes, reverse thrust and wing flaps. About 40 minutes before the crash, another pilot radioed that braking conditions on the runway were "poor to nil." But five planes landed safely between that report and the accident...
Personalities and hairstyles change from year to year, but the net result is nil. Danclo lives through the entire decade clinging in his Slav roots, rooting a variation of The New World symphony on his recorder. Early on, his father calls him "a coward not a fighter". Penn wants you to feel Danelo has become a fighter, yet his moment of triumph involves kicking a local dopey cup in the groin and then throwing up on him. Instead of learning from his experiences, or gaining social awareness, Danclo remains basically the dimwit we met a long, long two hours...