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...sending more than 3000 troops to Honduras this week, ostensibly in defense of democracy, Ronald Reagan is letting an anachronism stalk the earth. A trick-or-treater in March. The ghost of a war we thought we had buried...
...extended encounter with the Soviet boss, a bright political star following a succession of dingy, dying hulks. "We both got steely-eyed sometimes, and we both raised our voices. But there was no sense of bitterness. He did not bear a grudge beyond the negotiating table. He does not stalk out of the room. He is pleasant, affable. He even seemed to like the food. He put it away pretty good. Still, I believe what I said, 'Trust but verify.' That is the formula that underlies all of this. We can go forward on that formula...
...character flaw as old as Icarus was in evidence last week. Behind all the revelations lurked arrogance, a modern hubris. Hart dared the press to stalk him, as though no disclosure could wound him. Secord disdainfully asserted that he could run foreign policy better than those designated to do so. And all along, the President assumed that no one would find out he was sending arms to Iran and evading, rather than enforcing, the ban on aid to the contras. They all wrapped themselves in their own misguided certainty, believing they were immune not only from harm but from public...
Because of the unnatural attachment that adults have for children, babies have always been a valuable economic commodity. In the dark ages of America's history, however, the marketing of babies was puritanically frowned upon, and honest baby sellers were forced for many years to stalk the nights like common criminals...
...cattle. If their lands were combined into a cooperative and replanted with native grasses, says Scott, the area could support wild animals on a scale ; unseen since Lewis and Clark came through in 1805. Tourists would flock in to watch the deer and the antelope play, hunters to stalk elk and perhaps 75,000 bison. Scott presented his plan in Missoula last month to the nonprofit Institute of the Rockies and heard nary a discouraging word. The institute is raising funds for a study...