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...Zulu and then in Sotho. They sang with joy, and they sang with conviction. Speaking in English, Tutu told the gathering that he had asked the government, "Please allow us to mourn, to bury our dead with dignity, to share the burden of our sorrow. Do not rub salt in our wounds ... I appeal to you because we are already hurt, already down. We are humans, not animals. When we have a death...
...candor, Speakes could not very well explain what had gone on behind the scenes. "Why did you handle it that way?" asked Thomas. "Well, I don't think that's any of your business," replied Speakes. "It is our business," said Donaldson. "If you had two grains of salt for sense," said Speakes, "you could figure it out." Though Speakes claims that he intentionally lashes back at reporters in order to keep combative questioners at bay, the reporters' criticism stung him. The next day he delivered an impassioned defense of his credibility...
...because it would leave the Soviets with a huge lead, Nitze told reporters, but at least the Soviets are now willing to include missiles in Asia as well as Europe in the freeze. At about the same time, however, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger accused Moscow of violating the SALT II treaty by deploying a new type of single-warhead strategic missile, the SS-25 (the Soviets contend it is only a modification of an earlier design). Although the two statements were not contradictory, they did differ sharply in tone...
...protégé of Gromyko's with ties to the military and the Kremlin Old Guard. Kvitsinsky, who runs the subordinate space-weapons talks, is closer to the upwardly mobile Soviet technocrats who are being promoted by Gorbachev. While Karpov played a prominent role in hammering out both the SALT I and SALT II arms agreements, Kvitsinsky is now regarded by some Western diplomats as the most able Soviet arms negotiator. In a decision that may be indicative of the impending changes in the Kremlin foreign policy team, Kvitsinsky and not Karpov was summoned to Moscow to prepare for last week...
...keep Law out of a prominent role. "We need the Cardinals to find the courage to break the code of silence in the church's hierarchy, speak out on behalf of children raped by the clergy," Blaine said. "Cardinal Law's saying of this Mass is like rubbing salt into open wounds. He bears ultimate responsibility for the sex abuse scandal...