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...experts and then waited out the full answers. When questions were directed at him, even on sensitive subjects like mistreatment of the hostages, he responded politely but with only a short generalized observation that revealed almost nothing. There was no compulsion to let his innermost views gush forth. A wise Washington hand, Speaker Sam Rayburn, used to say that you don't have to explain what you don't say. Maybe Reagan heard...
...next night against Southern Connecticut the Crimson started out strong, boxing out their ultra-physical opponents well enough to retain a lead throughout most of the first half, but left the court two points down. The Owis got wise to Harvard's tactics over the break, and came out with a new look on defense that effectively closed the confident cagers out of the middle and forced them to take long outside shots. As the second half wore on, S.Conn. eventually closed the cagers down from the outside as well. With the Crimson scoring machine closed down and S.Conn. hitting...
...danger of U.S. involvement in El Salvador. By firing Ambassador Robert White--ostensibly withdrawn from the country to Washington D.C. for "consultations"--Reagan demonstrated that he will not tolerate dissent on U.S. policy from an American official. Like his conservative advisor, U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, Reagan believes it is wise to support "mildly" repressive regimes, and, perhaps, if you close an eye and both ears, El Salvador's junta--responsible for 10,000 political murders last year--is "mildly" repressive...
...cleared Iranian airspace, the State Department began informing the families that the hostages were free at last. Carter quickly got the word too, and his airborne party, including Zbigniew Brzezinski, Hamilton Jordan, Jody Powell, Jack Watson and Stuart Eizenstat, struggled with laughter and tears at the same time. Phil Wise rushed into the plane's press section to paraphrase a Martin Luther King Jr. line that applied aptly to both the Carter Administration officials and the hostages: "We're free, we're free; thank God almighty, we're free at last...
...stand as glorified burlesque. Kustow's direction throughout is faithful to Wood's music-hall style, with an unending series of visual gags and (with some noticeable gaps) a fast-paced verbal attack--much of it funny, much of it silly. If you've seen enough Morecambe and Wise or Monty Python, you'll recognize it quickly enough...