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...hour of trying, finally managed to get through by telephone to the Prime Minister of Israel. In a cold fury, Ronald Reagan told Menachem Begin of his "outrage" that at the very moment when a negotiated settlement for the evacuation of Palestine Liberation Organization guerrillas appeared to be in sight, the Israeli armed forces were conducting their most severe air blitz of West Beirut. Virtually shouting, the President said that he was "shocked" at the Israeli attack, which he said had caused "needless destruction and bloodshed." The Israeli Prime Minister seemed incredulous, although in fact he had been expecting...
...Janus computer war typically starts with a column of Soviet tanks (red symbols on the video screen) lumbering into sight and rolling through pastureland toward the town of Bad Hersfeld, some 120 miles east of Bonn. The tanks skirt green-shaded woods and head for the blue line of the Fulda River. The Livermore programmers have lavished colorful detail on their simulation: as the action mounts land mines explode in flashes of white, and helicopter symbols appear over enemy outposts. Artillery fire slashes across the screen like a laser sword. The flight time the shells is preprogrammed to the millisecond...
Some evening this year, you may visit up-perclass dining room and encounter a strange sight three or four students dressed as if for a fancy affair sitting at a side table with a dignified, gray-haired gent in a business suit. The sophisticated will be sophisticated, not too pretentious. Perhaps a candle two will be burning for atmosphere. The student will be smiling eagerly and leaning forward to soak up the wisdom of their guest-Derek C. Bok president of the University Ironically, this might be one of the few times that you or they see Bok all Year...
Aunt Julia is set in that same period of the 1950s, though Odria and his political procurers are not in sight. Instead, Vargas Llosa's Lima is a bright tangle of characters: Indians from the mountains and the edge of the Amazon busy filling up new slums; a middle class trying to keep its balance in an unstable economy; and the rich preserving the good life and marrying off their daughters in style. There are shocks and bizarre surprises, but the prevailing atmosphere of the novel is a melancholy gaiety...
...sadistic drill sergeant, oppressive service regulations and constant self-doubt. He encounters attractive, good-hearted local gal. She falls for him at the very first base mixer. Commitments, responsibilities and emotions cloud what had once been his crystal-clear me-first world view. The goal is in sight, but the her--wonders whether it's all just another pointless game, whether he should just let them all go to hell--like he's always done...