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Body microphones have just been borrowed from Hasty Pudding Theatricals, saving a precious $400 of the budget. Props, including two fencing swords and a real sword, have also been borrowed, again to cut costs. Costumes are borrowed from stock around the city. Deals are arranged in which programs are printed in return for ad space within the program. The budget leaves very little to be spent on costumes, sound, props, lights and all the other aspects of putting on a show. The production doesn’t receive any of the proceeds from ticket sales. Losses or gains are absorbed...
...President Jiang Zemin learned that hard-line generals who live by the sword might lie for the sword. Although nobody has revealed just what he knew and when, U.S. officials surmise that China's leader read military reports saying exactly what the state-run media announced: that the pilot of the U.S. spy plane had "rammed" the Chinese fighter, then "invaded" Chinese airspace. So, naturally, Jiang demanded an end to surveillance flights and an apology. Talks stalled immediately. Frustrated U.S. diplomats involved in the negotiations concluded it was "very possible" that the military presented Jiang "a set of facts...
President Jiang Zemin learned that hard-line generals who live by the sword might lie for the sword. Although nobody has revealed just what he knew and when, U.S. officials surmise that China's leader read military reports saying exactly what the state-run media announced: that the pilot of the U.S. spy plane had "rammed" the Chinese fighter, then "invaded" Chinese airspace. So, naturally, Jiang demanded an end to surveillance flights and an apology. Talks stalled immediately. Frustrated U.S. diplomats involved in the negotiations concluded it was "very possible" that the military presented Jiang "a set of facts...
...other words, the kind of comprehensive peace Rabin and Barak had sought is off the agenda, for at least another generation. In the meantime, Sharon says, Israel will continue to live, as it always has, with a sword in one hand, hammering out clear-eyed interim agreements where possible along the way, while rekindling Zionist education of Israel's youth and attracting another 1 million Jewish immigrants to bolster its defenses...
...eyes had been bright with anticipation, his manner one of assurance. I knew him pretty well, and later when I learned the whole story of the Bay of Pigs I could see how the plan would capture his imagination. It was everything the Kennedys were about; the terrible swift sword delivered with righteous fervor against a contemptible foe. And it was in the cause of freedom - and the greater glory of the Kennedys. Magnificent, macho, melodramatic...