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...missile shield works, critics fear it will destabilize current alliances and trigger arms buildups by America's enemies. Back home, the Pentagon dreads that the program will siphon money from its more cherished programs. Rumsfeld's challenge is to build a missile defense in the face of suspicion from allies, from enemies and from the bureaucracy he will lead...
Leading up to the election, there was much speculation and suspicion that candidates for office might try to bring non-Republican friends to join, vote for them and then leave the club--especially because it is alleged that this very situation occurred in the Harvard College Democrats' election a few weeks prior. Such conditions, had they persisted, may very well have led to the unfortunate situation described by Lewis...
...level civil war. Doing all that, however, required that Fujimori use a firm hand. As the years went by, the hand became harsher, and Fujimori's government became more susceptible to charges of corruption. He won a third term earlier this year, but the vote was clouded with suspicion. By September, when he said he would step down the following July, Peruvians were glad to see him getting ready to go. When he planned a private trip to Japan and then decided to stay, Peruvians were surprised that the man who boasted of his "samurai spirit" had given...
...Hills, Calif., home Wednesday when his personal assistant targeted him with a stun gun. Spade, 36, suffered minor injuries and was treated on the scene by paramedics. The alleged shooter, David Malloy, fled Spade's home before police arrived but was quickly tracked down and arrested on charges of suspicion of burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and assault with a stun gun. Bail was set at $50,000. The usually acid Spade was shockingly kind in a postshooting statement: "David Malloy was a good friend of mine for five years. I believe he is a good person...
This is what the picture is about--the subtle and casual surprise of friendship. Most of the time, we go along clouded by the suspicion, often justified, that we're alone in the world. Then once in a while, miraculously, we're proved wrong. Friends appear at the front door prepared to gather round and save us. The reversal of feeling is as blindsiding as it is moving, especially at the time of year when the deserting light can leave us alone in the dark. Suddenly we have company. Suddenly it's a wonderful life...