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Although members of the newest generation say they could not avoid feeling that they were part of a grand tradition of Harvard poets when they studied here, the prominence of their teachers often put them at a distance in the classroom...
This evolution of American official attitudes has been subtle and uneven. It has been couched in caveats, often obscured by ambivalence and articulated, sometimes inarticulately, by a Chief Executive who has no flair for geopolitical grand rhetoric and has a tendency to step on his applause lines. Still, the change on the American side, if it continues, could turn out to be as important as Gorbachev's abandonment of the Leninist plan for winning the zero-sum game of history. The American equivalent of what the Soviets call new political thinking is all the more significant coming from the President...
...life-or-death issue of U.S. foreign policy. As a Congressman, diplomat, Republican Party chairman, Vice President and presidential candidate, he was always the sort of politician who fretted about the consequences of a misstep. For Bush, therefore, slow is better than fast and standing pat is often the safest posture. Once he replaced Ronald Reagan, Bush's instinct was to apply the brakes to the juggernaut of improved U.S.-Soviet relations, to take the turns very cautiously and perhaps even to pull over on the side of the road and study the map for a while...
...rebels also embarrassed the army with their ability to disappear, then re-emerge at will, often using sewer pipes to leave areas or exchanging battle fatigues for civilian clothes and merging into the population. Equally unsettling to the Cristiani government, as well as to Washington, is that thousands of Salvadoran residents have collaborated with the rebels. A U.S. Administration official admitted last week that "there was a torrent of arms and ammunition" into San Salvador. Said he: "That couldn't have taken place had not a lot of people helped, or at the minimum, kept quiet...
...jobs is often abortion foe John Sununu. Charles Keating takes the Fifth on his savings and loan debacle. Congress passes a budget that includes (Shhhhh! Don't tell Bush) tax increases...