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...always wanted to write fiction. But I’ve had a fairly eventful life, and I knew that if I didn’t write a memoir the people and the events from my life would keep showing up fictionalized. I kind of needed to get rid of them in the memoir before I could start this project. The day I handed in the memoir, I started writing a short story and that short story became this novel. As a journalist I find fiction a very liberating form of writing: not everything has to be true...
...could work very well if national leaders of member countries would keep their hands off it and let the European Parliament, which is elected by the people and therefore has the mandate, make decisions regarding the E.U. The only way the E.U. will work is to get rid of the Brussels bureaucrats and have a civil service that is responsible only to the elected government of Europe. Gerhard Heinzelmann Gravesend, England The E.U. constitution is dead, but it would be fatal for Europe if Brussels continued with business as usual. We don't need another constitutional convention with myriad special...
...could work very well if national leaders of member countries would keep their hands off it and let the European Parliament, which is elected by the people and therefore has the mandate, make decisions regarding the E.U. The only way the E.U. will work is to get rid of the Brussels bureaucrats and have a civil service that is responsible only to the elected government of Europe. Gerhard Heinzelmann Gravesend, England...
...MUCH DOES IT HURT CIA MORALE TO SEE THE DIRECTOR LOSE PRESIDENTIAL FACE TIME AND THE ROLE OF INTEL QUARTERBACK TO JOHN NEGROPONTE? I would almost equate it to getting rid of a 60-lb. back sack, climbing up a big, steep trail. I suddenly feel like I am refreshed. The more you see of a President of the United States of America, the more you want to be helpful and the more you want to be very careful not to waste his or her time. And I will not be using the President's time frivolously...
...politically here at home (the President's political operatives are already eager to ask voters next November, "Who lost Nicaragua?"). American inability to cope conclusively with such an antagonistic regime so close to home would certainly carry a price, potentially a heavy one. But the means to get rid of the Sandinistas are slim and risky. Since the Congress, much of the public and many independent experts doubt that the contras can achieve all that they and their Administration sponsors want, there is a growing temptation to give them nothing, not even the relatively piddling $100 million that President Reagan...