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...once the government in Rome appeared to have acted swiftly and effectively. But the lightning raid on Trani prison was about the only message of holiday cheer for Italy's beleaguered Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani. The satisfaction turned out to be sadly short-lived. Just two days after the success, terrorists struck again, this time outside prison walls in Rome. Two teenagers, posing as delivery boys, gunned down Carabinieri General Enrico Galvaligi, 61, as he and his wife returned home from New Year's Eve Mass. The slain general had been in charge of external security for Italian...
...world. He is also the idea of the year, his triumph being philosophical as well as personal. He has revived the Republican Party, and has garnered high initial hopes, even from many who opposed him, both because of his personal style and because the U.S. is famished for cheer. On Jan. 20 Reagan and the idea he embodies will both emerge from their respective seclusions with a real opportunity to change the direction and tone of the nation...
Black folks cheer his music; rednecks stomp and holler. He's a pop sensation, from The Bronx to the Hollywood Bowl, and a wonderful human being to boot. So where's the dramatic tension? It comes from an unlikely source: the 1925 Samson Raphaelson play and the Al Jolson movie version that ushered in the talkies. There is no Mammy in the new Jazz Singer; there's not even a momma. But the plot is the same: a young Orthodox cantor wants to become a singing star, straining to break the shackles of tradition even...
...share-the-wealth type!" The guide turns east, stares into the blue, He sees red, then says, "I am Richard Pipes. That man riding forth with car instead of sleigh Believes that conservation is a must But cars--they're part of the American way; He finds his cheer in a handful of rust. His new job he won in a landslide, So now he, not Nick, prepares to ride. He fired all the reindeer--they demanded the minimum wage. He banned all Christmas spirits for elves who were underage. 'The Workshop has to get moving again,' He told toymakers...
CHRISTMAS IS FOR MERRIMENT, a time for honest cheer, No time for gloomy prescience--a time for drinking beer. So gather with your colleagues, celebrate with friends, Keep the noise and music going till the party ends. And when those visions haunt you, of dangers and of doom. Close your eyes and think of things that might dispel the gloom. Think about the future, however it may fall, Think about the past--or, better, just don't think...