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...superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision. Each side should know that frequently uncertainty, compromise and incoherence are the essence of policymaking. Yet each tends to ascribe to the other side a consistency, foresight and coherence that its own experience belies...
...require an external shock to set it straight," he says. "It may be a major foreign policy setback, and then the public will insist that we have cohesion in Government. I just hope such a shock is not fatal. The 1980s will be a tune of severe peril...
...book about the world, power and the presidency, which will be published in April. By all accounts it is a drama filled with timpani rolls of peril, but with lightning flashes revealing the way back to preeminence...
About the only good that can come from the cartel's new squeeze would be to help keep the U.S. from dozing off in the face of the worsening petro-peril...
There have been moments along the difficult presidential journey of Jimmy Carter when he seemed close to fulfilling his own prophecy that he could "achieve greatness." He recognized the gravity of the energy problem early. He had the courage to see the peril of inflation and change his course. In the glades of Camp David, when his goodness, his determination and his sincerity brought Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat together for peace, Carter seemed ready to move beyond historical inhibitions...