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Coincidental with the rising power of the press, Moynihan charges, the nation has developed a concept of "near-omnipotence" in the office of the presidency, which is largely the result of Franklin D. Roosevelt's strongman tenure. The press, particularly such "presidential newspapers" as the Times and the Washington Post, sets so high a standard for the performance of any President that he is doomed to perpetual failure on their pages. Frankel argues that criticism is not the result of unrealistic expectations "but the habit of regular deception in our politics and Administration . . . the damnable tendency toward manipulation that...
Importing Beef. In a futile power play, the President sought to remove the army strongman, and with him any threat to Levingston's ambitions. Accordingly, he announced that he was firing Lanusse for failing to preserve civil order-and placing him under arrest. But as the President tried vainly to make the order stick, military units around the country rallied to Lanusse's side. Levingston resigned and Argentina returned to direct military rule, under a junta comprised of Lanusse, Navy Admiral Pedro Gnavi and Air Force Brigadier General Carlos Rey. Lanusse took over the presidency while retaining command...
After becoming President on a law-and-order platform, Araña tried briefly to moderate his strongman image. But terrorist kidnapings and murders continued-mostly by the ultraleft F.A.R. (Rebel Armed Forces). Araña, a former counterinsurgency chief who is credited with wiping out 3,000 people during an antiguerrilla campaign in northeastern Guatemala between 1966 and 1968, heard mounting calls for a crackdown. Finally, after four policemen had been gunned down by guerrillas in two days, Araña imposed the state of siege and a 9 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew. Soon the blood began...
...falter. Sharif persuades Caine that wintering in the valley village might prove more beneficial to the soldiers than sacking it. Caine promptly murders two dissenters. The remaining twenty are none too perturbed; after all, Caine's unnamed Captain is a rather tough, cool cookie, and as one soldier remarks, strongman Korsky "was a turd...
...major problems that Egypt's Sadat will face during the peace talks is how to pacify Libya's belligerent, hard-lining young strongman, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, 28. Gaddafi objects vehemently to any moves by Egypt and Jordan toward a settlement with Israel, and has frequently said: "We reject peace with Israel, we reject recognition of Israel and we reject negotiation with Israel." To back up his tough words, he is buying 110 Mirage jet fighter planes from France, even though delivery of the jets will not be completed until 1975, and France is training fewer than 10 Libyan...