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...violent retort came on the second anniversary of Alfonsin's spectacular electoral victory, which heralded Argentina's return to democracy after nearly eight grueling, and often bloody, years of military rule. By all rights, Alfonsin should have spent the day celebrating. A recent opinion poll shows that he enjoys a popularity rating of 74%. Argentina's inflation rate, which reached 30% last June, was pared down to just 2% in October. Moreover, Alfonsin's attempts to restore public confidence in the rule of law have met with success. Indeed, last week Argentina was about to hold its first midterm congressional...
...Jerusalem is also enmeshed in a controversy over the legality under which the Shi'ite detainees were brought to Israel. Many nations, including the U.S., contend that Israel violated Article 49 of the Geneva Convention of 1949, which prohibits "forcible transfers . . . from occupied territory" of civilian prisoners. Israeli officials retort that the same article allows for the transfer of civilians outside occupied zones if "for material reasons it is impossible to avoid such displacement." Whether or not Jerusalem can make a case for meeting that condition, the convention stipulates that detainees must be returned to their homes "as soon...
...shares with Moliere's sham holy man the gift of ever renewed plausibility. Time and again, just as the audience is ready to withdraw its sympathy in disgust, Le Roux exposes the hypocrisies of opponents so tellingly that he becomes persuasive anew. When outraged employees confront him, his retort is blunt and seemingly unanswerable: If an unfettered press is crucial to a free society, then why have Fleet Street journalists squandered their energies on look-alike rags compounded of crime, cleavage, gossip about royalty and page upon page of sports...
Reaganites retort, correctly, that while Viet Nam is halfway around the world and of debatable strategic importance to Washington, Central America is virtually next door, an area where U.S. interests are obvious. Moreover, the amounts Washington is spending to help the government of El Salvador defeat leftist guerrillas and to assist the contra rebels fighting the Marxist Sandinista government of Nicaragua are pittances compared with the sums lavished on South Viet Nam even before the direct U.S. military intervention there. Still, the Administration every now and then feels obliged to deny that it has any plan or desire to send...
...Liberals retort that the council is all too likely to give its members a vehicle to continue running away from the party. They fear the council will undercut the efforts of Paul Kirk, who was elected National Committee Chairman last month, to unify the Democrats. Kirk has made no secret of his desire eventually to disband the caucuses on the National Committee. As a first step, he intends to sit down with the caucus leaders soon and urge them to tone down the particular demands of their groups...