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...bond with Israel, but his feelings of loyalty have been deeply affected by the continuing bloodshed in Lebanon. "I lost patience a long time ago," the President noted sharply to reporters on returning from Camp David the weekend before Israel's latest assault. More than anything else, the vivid television coverage of Israel's relentless pummeling of civilian areas has altered the President's thinking. Referring to one powerful image broadcast a week ago, an aide says: "That picture of the baby with arms burnt had more impact on him than 50 position papers." An Administration aide...
...indiscriminate killing in West Beirut is vivid evidence that neither of the two superpowers can step in. It is evidence of impotency in the face of Zionist aggression." In Cairo a foreign ministry official noted, "America is projecting an image of contusion, incoherence and weakness...
...obvious and unoriginal as that, An Officer and a Gentleman still works. The tension and yearnings pent up inside of aspiring Navy pilot Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) are vivid and believable. You may think you're too sophisticated for an underdog-gets-crewcut-and-makes-good saga, but wait until Mayo is face down in the mud, "doin' 50" for that bastard Sergeant Foley. You'll suddenly find you own tightly clenched fist pounding the arm rest with every rep. "Yes SIR! I'd LIKE to do some more push...
...also make hatchetmen of the nation's colleges, creating animosity between Washington and academic at a time when the two must work together more than over to insulate higher education from financial hardship. The echoes of the 1960s would become a roar once again, as students were given a vivid reminder of how universities can be sucked into complicity with misguided government policy...
...begins Canadian Timothy Findley's fourth and most peculiar novel. In Ragtime style. Famous Last Words assembles a vivid cast of historical personages, among them the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Lana Turner, Ernest Hemingway and Charles Lindbergh. But here the famous names do not move to syncopated jazz; instead the work resounds with tainted anthems...