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...understandable. In Managua, Hasenfus had already served his political purpose, if not his full 30-year sentence, after being convicted by a Sandinista court Nov. 15 of terrorism and other charges. Indeed, all that the Nicaraguans could see ahead was 10,918 more days of feeding and sheltering the somber-faced cargo kicker. Moreover, Managua now had a brand new Yanqui misadventurer to deal with: Sam Nesley Hall...
...Never Again), some 125,000 students, parents and union members marched through the boulevards of Paris last week in memory of Malik Oussekine, a 22-year-old student who had been killed several days earlier in a violent clash with police. Though the overall tone of the procession was somber and defiant, at one point a celebratory cry rang out: "We have...
...retrospect, Eisenstaedt's exile to America starts to look like a stroke of luck. Amid the prevailing cheer of the postwar nation, his upbeat view of things probably found a more ready audience than it would have in the more somber precincts of Europe. His chief mood is celebration. His chief attitude is assent. Is that the stuff of sweetness and light? Sometimes it is. But who can say no to such engaging sweetness, such abiding light...
...passing, as related by South Korean transcripts of the loudspeaker announcements, had an almost surreal quality. Normally used to broadcast mind- numbing Communist propaganda across the DMZ, the loudspeakers reportedly came alive just after noon on Sunday with somber music. Forty minutes later, with ! no explanation, an announcer began reciting the North Korean leader's lifetime accomplishments, including his World War II service in the Soviet army. After another six hours the announcer began hinting -- opaquely, to say the least -- that Kim's career was finally at an end: "Our leader Kim Il Sung flows in the river...
Once the cameras rolled, the President's demeanor was appropriately somber. Though he claimed that all the aides who knew about the secret diplomatic contacts with Iranian officials approved of them, he acknowledged in his opening statement that "several top advisers opposed the sale of even a modest shipment of defensive weapons and spare parts to Iran." He had weighed their advice and rejected it, said Reagan. "The responsibility for the decision and the operation is mine and mine alone . . . I was convinced then and I am convinced now that while the risks were great, so too was the potential...