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...ranks of troubleshooters like Philip Habib and Richard Armitage, whose authority derives not from their titles but from their willingness to operate in the highly volatile, here's-the-deal-dammit world of eyeball-to-eyeball diplomacy. The formula is simple: earn the trust of the principals, talk straight and cut the best deal you can; then tell the boss what you have done. If Oakley radiates a no-nonsense stability and mental toughness, it is partly because, in the words of Robert Carswell, former Deputy Treasury Secretary, ''his career had him in every hot spot there was outside...
...most startling. In our folklore (and in the hearts of his troops) the Confederate leader has been granted near saintly status. Sheen gives us the dark side of the holy warrior, a man of courtly manners who is possessed by a vision of a vainglorious, straight-ahead assault on the enemy's center -- the vision that produced Pickett's disastrous charge. It was a course of action that defied reason (personified here by Lieutenant General James Longstreet, who is underwritten and underplayed by Tom Berenger). Lee's opposite number in the film's dramatic scheme is Colonel Chamberlain, commander...
...that dilemma, some officials have linked SDI to arms control: the superpowers should agree to an orderly, regulated transition from the MAD world of ''offense-dominant'' deterrence to one of ''defense-dominant'' deterrence; while developing and phasing in their defenses, they would reduce their offenses. That scheme, however, leads straight into another dilemma. One side's defenses are virtually certain to appear more ominous to the other side than they are intended. How can the Soviets be expected to reduce their offensive weapons when they need those weapons--and more-- to overcome burgeoning American defenses? Says former Defense Secretary James...
...20th century. (No, it's not Cheez Whiz.) Perhaps in honor of Star Trek's upcoming 20th anniversary, the new film purports to be the closest so far in form and feeling to the original TV shows. Nimoy directed, as he did the third movie, and he claims, straight-faced as always, ''It has the most down-to-earth structure--pardon the pun--of all four films.'' Oh, those Vulcans. Aren't they just the ones to always be making...
...Norman leaves an important legacy as one of the rare golfers who changed the way the game was played. He was the first to introduce the high, straight, towering ball flight that has come to characterize the modern game. Norman's combination of altitude and distance allowed him to be the first to move successfully from a golf ball made of Balata rubber to two- and three-piece synthetic balls that offered greater distance but less spin - a change as revolutionary to golf as metal racquets were to tennis...