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Mondale, on the other hand, had to go into the trenches of the primaries and slug it out, state by state, in a field of eight candidates. It was, said one party official, a spectacle of eight Democrats standing in a circle and shooting at one another. The sight was not always edifying. They all got together for a curiously adolescent debate in Hanover, N.H., where John Glenn accused Mondale of spouting "the same vague gobbledygook of nothing," and Gary Hart zeroed in on Mondale's greatest weakness, his ties to Democratic interest groups-organized labor, Jews, teachers...
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Numerous critics, including many scientists, arms-control experts and even some military officers argue that: 1) There is no technology in sight that would ensure a leakproof system, and any holes at all would permit an enemy to wreak massive destruction on the U.S.; 2) Any serious attempt to erect such a defense would inevitably destabilize the roughly balanced nuclear equation, since the other side would counter with its own defensive system and enlarge its offensive forces to overcome the opponent's umbrella. Furthermore, deployment and even certain types of tests would violate the main arms-control treaty that...
...program from the three other members of the influential Politburo Standing Committee: President Li Xiannian, former Planning Czar Chen Yu and Marshal Ye Jianying, a Communist leader for half a century who may be the last party luminary strong enough to question Deng. Ye has been out of public sight for months, and there have been persistent rumors that he died before the plenum began. The party, according to one version, did not wish to announce Ye's death until the meeting was over...
...humanistic profoundity of Rules of the Game or The Discreet Charms of the Boutgoisie. But as Stanley Cavell will tell you, the true romantic comedy, a roadmap of one couple's pursuit of happiness in this insane world, is in essence an artistic iceberg; nine-tenths out of sight. Movies like American Dreamer will not accrue Star Wars-sized lucre, but enough Americans have good enough taste to give them a shot at profitability. The difficulty is that quality acting, writing, and directing must be invested in the film, and the ad campaign must get the message to the right...