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EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE a movie succeeds in interweaving the psychological and the political into a dense web that forces the viewer to get involved. The Deer Hunter did; it made Vietnam an integral element, never just a backdrop. Circle of Deceit, on the other hand, turns the rubble and bodies of present-day Beirut into mere mental furniture for its protagonist. It could just as well have been Angola, Iran or El Salvador. And as an Everymodernman, the protagonist could have been French or American as well as German...
What Guatemala now appears to have is a pragmatic, anticorruption government with heavy religious overtones. "It will not be enough for them to cast themselves as moderate," insists a top U.S. official in Washington. "They have got to demonstrate results." Still, he adds, "there is an element of hope where previously there was none." That much, at least, could be said for the coup that got away...
...seeing the ball well, but my timing s just a little off," he said "There's still an element of fear that I have to overcome, but that will come with time and some more batting practice...
...Another element of Israeli policy in the West Bank that has embittered Arabs is the unequal, and sometimes brutal, enforcement of the law, For example, if Jewish settlers protesting against government actions assault Israeli soldiers, they are likely to receive little or no punishment. For a similar offense. Arab students would probably face still jail sentences or sizeable fines. Arab offenders are often verbally abused and in a few cases physically mistreated by their Israeli jailers...
...inflationary pressures of Pentagon procurement are perhaps the most worrisome element of the big Reagan buildup. Inflation has been coming down sharply in recent months, and last week the Labor Department reported a drop of .1% in. producer prices during February, the sharpest decline in six years. Surging defense spending could undo much of that progress...