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Fujimori, the epitome of the successful Third World leader replete with Soviet-made weapons and a somewhat democratic mandate, could become an example of the peril of hawkishness. He has proven his readiness to assume dictatorial powers in the past--he declared martial law after a slew of political and economically-related protests--and he could yet have some totalitarian or expansionist ambitions up his camouflage sleeve...
...deserted southern towns, authorities put together emergency plans for bolstering the shakiest bulwarks more permanently. ``Holland has a long history and a great reputation when it comes to defending ourselves against the sea,'' Prime Minister Wim Kok reminded Parliament. Now that the rivers seemed at least as great a peril, he declared, ``we must show what we're worth in this regard as well...
...likely swing votes, then has his software scan a database of the corresponding congressional districts, seeking residents whose profiles suggest sympathy with his cause. When influence is in order -- after, say, a sudden and threatening development at a committee hearing -- his people call these sympathizers, describe the looming peril and offer to "patch" them directly through to a congressional office to voice their protest. "But only in their own words," stresses Bonner, mindful that congressional staffs are getting better at spotting pseudo-grass-roots ("Astroturf") lobbying. Bonner charges $350 to $500 per call generated...
Pauline and Juliet, two love-struck teenagers in 1950s New Zealand, created a voluptuous fantasy world and moved into it. Director Peter Jackson moves in with them; his fevered camera style communicates the rapture and peril of adolescent hysteria. This hurtling, upsetting film, based on a true murder case, has a thrillingly nervy performance by Melanie Lynskey as the darker, needier Pauline...
...speech to the incoming class, Kagan, who was then Yale college dean, offered some rare wisdom: it is "both right and necessary to place Western Civilization and the culture to which it has given rise, at the center of our studies, and we fail to do so at the peril of our students, our country, and the hopes for a democratic, liberal society...