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...when push came to shove in Moscow last week, it was these military officers who came together in a perverse sort of joint venture to thwart their bosses' desire for a more upbeat ending to the summit. They could be accused of defending parochial military interests. Indeed that is what they were doing. But that, of course, is what they are paid to do. In a relationship that is still rooted in the paradox of deterrence, the soldiers will have their say, including their veto over what the diplomats -- or, for that matter, the President and the General Secretary...
...coldly turns him away with a shove...
...prisoners' civil behavior seems all the more surprising when they begin to talk about their backgrounds. Darby recalls one tutee describing a childhood of gang violence. "For him this was a blow-off prison. He said he'd get into a fight just like that, shove a pencil in someone's eye," Darby says...
...rate, no matter what the reasons, Manuel Noriega has provided interesting insight into exactly what the Reagan administration will and will not actually put up with when push comes to shove. For example, despite Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No To Drugs," we now have tangible proof that Ronald Reagan actually "Just Said...
...charge against the tube a little differently from Black: through television, "the public got a look at us and didn't like what it saw." Television feeds egos; in some, said Patterson, it produces "attack journalism--let the public see how big we are and how we can shove people around." To NBC's John Chancellor, "the main culprit is the televised press conference: the public suddenly saw people asking nasty questions of the President of the U.S." Since the visual impression matters so much on television, Chancellor also brought up "the Ronald Reagan cupped-ear gambit. The press...