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It is easy to see why the notion of adapting this story has tempted moviemakers for three decades. Hollywood's self-referential myths, far more than baseball's, revolve around the seduction and betrayal of the innocent. But now that the deed is done, it is equally easy...
Tunisia has long seemed a gracious outpost of moderation and stability in the developing world: solidly pro-Western, extending a perpetual welcome to foreign sun worshipers. But when word came that the government was raising the price of bread by over 100%, the facade of stability cracked. Riots erupted last...
The challenge for U.S. antiterrorist planners is to take sensible precautions without turning Government buildings into fortresses or resorting to police-state tactics. American embassies have been treading that narrow line for years, beefing up security while trying to remain a symbol of an open and hospitable government. The State...
On Margaret Thatcher. She is somewhat the same sort. Like Reagan, she comes from the provincial middle class, and, like Reagan, she inherited the ideals of other generations, which are still alive in a large part of the British public. The Falklands war can be compared to the last victorious...
The two-month-old rebellion within the Palestine Liberation Organization reached the crisis stage last week, with the future of Chairman Yasser Arafat in serious jeopardy. All week long, P.L.O. rebels, who consider Arafat's policies too moderate, attacked P.L.O. military positions in and around the Bekaa Valley of...