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Rambo seems to have perfectly articulated the nation's mood with regard to Viet Nam. "In general, the public feels that Viet Nam was a tragedy, an experience they don't want to repeat," says Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History. "But at the same time, there's an attempt to find some redeeming aspects in it. Movies can turn a defeat into victory; you can achieve in fantasy what you didn't achieve in reality." Says Arthur Egendorf, a clinical psychologist and author of Healing from the War: Trauma and Transformation After Vietnam: "Rambo is an effort...
...before the vote, Reagan invited 30 members of Congress to the Oval Office to answer questions and repeat the assurances of his letter. The session produced at least one Pauline conversion. Tommy Robinson, a freshman Arkansas Democrat who voted against the first aid bill, declared dramatically, "Sometimes you have to be big enough to admit that you made a mistake. Mr. President, I made a mistake. My party is wrong. You are right...
Millions around the world watched their television sets or listened to their radios as the horrific drama unfolded. "He has pulled a hand-grenade pin and is ready to blow up the aircraft if he has to. We must, I repeat, we must land at Beirut. We must land at Beirut. No alternative." After much delay, the curious, grudging reply of the Beirut control tower: "Very well. Land. Land quietly. Land quietly." Then another desperate plea: "They are beating the passengers. They are threatening to kill the passengers. We want fuel now. Immediately. Five minutes at most...
...deny categorically that Mengele is in Paraguay," Paraguayan Under Secretary of the Interior Miguel Angel Bestrad said two months before the supreme court ruling. Stroessner himself told an interviewer last March, "I don't know where Mengele is. The Mengele question is a repeat question, like a long-playing record...
Reporting on the current hostage situation has been comprehensive and meticulous, but at the same time excessive and irresponsible. In their competitive zeal, the editors and producers calling the shots have ignored the potential impact of their coverage, which serves Flight 847's captors and encourages repeat performances...