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...economic and political policies towards several Latin American countries. He criticized what he called the Reagan Administration's "reluctance to view the political and economic affairs in Latin America in their true perspective," adding that recent U.S. policies "have moved such countries as Nicaragua further away from the American sphere of influence rather than bringing them closer...
...Sharon in February after the tough former general's image was besmirched by the intensive of Beirut and the Chris tian Phalangist massacre of some 700 to 800 Palestinians and other Arabs in refugee camps outside the city. The new minister moved quickly to establish a new atmo sphere in the defense Establishment, and his quiet approach contrasted sharply with the shrill, impulsive outbursts of his predecessor. Still, Arens is as fully committed as Sharon and Begin to Israel's role in Lebanon and to retaining control over the West Bank. The other leading candidates...
...conference after the fall of Faya-Largeau, Reagan indicated that the Administration would not be sending further help for the time being. He noted that the U.S. could not play the role of "world policeman," and urged France to take the lead in Chad. "It is not our primary sphere of influence," the President said. "It is that of France...
...notion of a strong, assertive Japan on their doorstep provokes a shudder. World War II has been over for nearly four decades, but the image of the swaggering Japanese conquerors who occupied and on occasion brutalized neighboring countries under the imperialistic banner of the "Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" remains vivid. As recently as 1974, the visit of former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka to Indonesia incited bloody street riots in the capital city of Jakarta. The Japanese government's proposals last year to gloss over the country's actions during World War II (among other things...
...private museum in Tokyo with a steady policy of showing living Japanese artists in an intelligent and flexible context, is so exceptional as to be almost a cultural anomaly. And nobody gets tax deductions for giving art away. Consequently, the real museum action has moved to the corporate sphere, where overhead can be written off as promotional expenses. In America, corporations underwrite exhibitions. In Japan, they own museums...