Word: ronald
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EXECUTIVE EDITORS: Edward L. Jamieson, Ronald Kriss...
Judge Greene skeptically told North that "it seems pretty farfetched to rely on Poindexter's version of events when you were there yourself." But even if North is compelled to testify, the case against his former boss faces other hurdles. Poindexter has subpoenaed Ronald Reagan's diaries to support his claim that many of his actions were ordered by the former President. He also wants to use classified Government documents. If he is denied the right to use either as evidence, the case against him could be dismissed...
True, he recycles the familiar perception of Disneyland as a benign totalitarian community and echoes criticism of the Reform Judaism of his youth as an apology for being a Jew. But Mamet has a fresher approach to the politics of image and empty rhetoric. He equates Ronald Reagan's feeble explanations of the Iran arms-for-hostages deal with the answers of parents whose fogginess hides an implied threat: "If you want to remain a child, if you want to enjoy the privilege of life without fear, do not judge...
EXECUTIVE EDITORS: Edward L. Jamieson, Ronald Kriss...
...development; the country also has a moral responsibility to do so. After all, the U.S. consumes a disproportionate amount of the world's resources and has inflicted more than its share of environmental damage. But perhaps the strongest argument for American leadership on the environment is an idealistic one. Ronald Reagan loved to sing paeans to America's unique role as "a city on a hill" -- an inspiring model of democracy and free enterprise. Now that much of the world seems to be moving in a democratic direction, the U.S. should set its sights on an even loftier, more urgent...