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...week between the Reagan Administration and the Sandinistas. From Montevideo to the Nicaraguan capital of Managua to hearing rooms on Capitol Hill, the adversaries were engaged in rhetorical offensives to win the support, not so much of Central Americans, but of U.S. Congressmen. The hope on both sides: to sway U.S. legislators as they ponder the question of restoring aid to some 12,500 U.S.-backed contra rebels who are fighting the Nicaraguan regime. At week's end the funding struggle remained deadlocked, and Congress seemed no more inclined than before to accede to the Administration's aggressive efforts...
...only to Reagan but to the Nicaraguan combatants. A decision to release the funds would mean lifeblood to the contras. A vote not to would be an enormous morale boost to the Sandinistas. Each side knows that a successful major offensive in the next few weeks could help sway fence-sitters on Capitol Hill, and fighting has accordingly intensified. The fitful guerrilla war has spread to eight of the country's 16 departments, and the death toll is mounting. In the first two weeks of February alone, the Sandinistas claimed 189 contra casualties...
...Leadership Hopeful Romanov share that distinction. It is a vitally important one: because of the leadership vacuum created by Chernenko's failing health, the Secretariat now appears to have greater control of the entire Soviet system. ; As "Senior Secretary" in the organization, Gorbachev has been able to increase his sway throughout the bureaucracy and fill the key positions of the institution with officials from his own generation. Indeed, Gorbachev finds the position so pivotal that he is said to prefer to work out of his office in the gray and pastel green Central Committee building on Old Square, rather than...
...emotions. "Revelations" begins with sorrowful songs like, "FIX Me Jesus" and "Didn't My Believer Daniel." The slow, almost painful pieces break into a scene around a river. "Take Me to the Water" women a white gowns and men in their finery dance as the river rises. They sway, push and pull and upon there is no doubt that the river is rising. Donna Wood. holding a parasol way above the water, sends shivers up one's spine as she moves...
However, the real apex of the night was certainly his last scene to "Rocka My Soul in the Bostom of Abraham." The entire company creates a feverish excitement as the music builds on the picture of mesmerizing dancers. Yellow skirts fly and bodies sway to this extraordinarily contagious music. The entire company danced in this piece that displayed amazing talent as well as a genuines excitement...