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Even the real life warfare allusions are clichéd and ridiculous. Not only are Russia and North Korea on the radar first, but Cumming’s tough “I expect nothing less than perfection” stance is countered by Wade’s poignant remark about combat: “If it’s controlled by moral people it will be moral.” Right...
...entered the White House, the stairway was filled with applicants, all of them white men. He thought he would have to wait all day, but within two minutes of sending up his card, a messenger called for him. As he elbowed his way up the stairs, he heard someone remark, "Yes, damn it, I knew they would let the n_____ through...
...evidence gathered by British officials in the thwarted El Al bombing has pointed toward Syrian involvement. Damascus, however, maintains a mutual friendship treaty with the Soviet Union, which means that an attack on Syria could result in a superpower face-off. Though Administration officials later insisted that Reagan's remark had been misinterpreted , their statements left the impression that the U.S. had one standard for Libyan terrorism and another for atrocities perpetrated by stronger and less isolated countries...
...uncomfortable as soon as he saw reports that the Government had planted false stories in August about Gaddafi's new plans for terrorist action and U.S. preparations to retaliate. He grew even more upset after Shultz defended the Administration by quoting Winston Churchill's World War II remark about using a "bodyguard of lies" to protect the truth from the Nazis. After a few days of soul searching, Kalb met with Shultz, then resigned the next...
...Bill Clinton captured the White House four years later, Summers joined the administration as under secretary of the Treasury for international affairs. Never one to mince his words, Summers (in)famously accused Republicans who opposed the estate tax of “selfishness.” Reflecting on that remark, Summers says, “that was neither my first nor my last infelicitous statement...