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...sheer persuasive power. There was to be no modification of the sale, only the endless assertion that, like it or not, the legislators dare not undermine him. Iowa Republican Roger Jepsen, a leader of the anti-AWACS forces, whose switch to Reagan's side the day before the vote signaled that the President would prevail, candidly admitted: "The situation hasn't changed. The only thing that has changed...
Sadat was a visionary with a talent for astonishing; he had a Clausewitzian instinct ("For great aims, we must dare great things"). He was also a profound, serene fatalist-which may have been the secret of his equilibrium. Such fatalism might serve others well now. Since 1970, 22 heads of state or government have been assassinated. As Theologian Paul Tillich remarked: "Death has become powerful in our time." -By Lance Morrow
Slouching toward him, at an angle--The thing about Robert DeNiro is this: the moment you look at him on the screen you get the feeling that he is burning with some sort of impacted, very, very serious kind of personal dare that doesn't include you except as an alienated admirer. He looks as if he's on to something, as if there's some issue he won't ever let go until he wins or gets pulled down by it. He's going to force it, and he just can't stop. "This is a very... intense...
Possible Opening #2: Damn the Torpedoes--But even if nobody lives like that, you can still try. Better to have a two-dimensional hero than no hero at all. Maybe all we've lacked so far is nerve. Urged on by a million beer commercials, we can still dare to be great. We can turn the tables on cinema verite. They won't be able to imitate us, because we'll be too busy imitating them. Maybe...
...where he can't even tell his troubles to the man alongside him; and still he keeps something back, some little thing to remind him of what he gave up. With me 'twas the horses and with this man 'twas the sup of beer, and I dare say there are fellows inside who have a bit of a girl's hair hidden somewhere they can go and look at it now and again. I suppose we all have our little hiding-hole if the truth was known, but as small as it is, the whole world...