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...Peking government, which insists that Taiwan is an integral part of China, was predictably angry, at least as much at the awkward timing of the announcement as at its substance. Railed the official New China News Agency: "This act constitutes an encroachment on China's sovereignty and interference in her internal affairs. It cannot but arouse the indignation of the Chinese people." Chinese spokesmen accused the U.S. of smugly relying on Peking's fear of Soviet aggression. Said one official: "Some Americans seem to think that China is so afraid that it will never take the risk...
...ensued, the President backpedaled by proposing a law to undo what he had just done. Reagan insisted that he was firmly opposed to racial bias; his only concern, he said, was with a procedural principle-the belief that Congress, not the IRS, should exercise control over such rulings. The awkward performance raised serious questions about Reagan's haphazard policymaking apparatus as well as his sensitivity to civil rights. Admitted one top adviser ruefully: "We blew...
That embarrassing public disavowal came at an awkward moment for the regime. Not only did it belie government claims that Solidarity's rank and file were disassociating themselves from the alleged excesses of their leaders, it also undercut a carefully orchestrated series of gestures intended to convince the world that all was well after five weeks of martial...
Diebenkorn can be clumsy sometimes, and there is a direct link between the dumpy off-centeredness of some of his "ace" emblems and the awkward postures of sun-struck California figures in his paintings from 25 years ago. But that comes from consistency. Part of Diebenkorn's essential tone has always been the way his first pictorial impulses survive in the written-over manuscript of his work. His mastery of his own long-considered syntax has never led him to smooth out the quirks. Diebenkorn is a great stylist, and what gives life to style is a certain disequilibrium...
...Intellivision's. The most rousing sight in home video is the between-innings sequence of Intellivision's Baseball, in which, to the sound of cheers, one team trots in to the bench and the other sprints out to the field. The game soon becomes tedious, however, partly because of awkward hand controls (which hamper a good skiing cartridge) and partly because not enough of baseball's delightful complications are programmed in. It is not possible to catch a fly ball. A Poker and Blackjack cassette is fun to see once, but poor in concept, since neither game works unless money...