Word: righting
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...that may not be so. There's something refreshing about its utterly unembarrassed embrace of the familiar. The director, George Tillman Jr., either doesn't notice or doesn't give a hoot about the way Scott Marshall Smith's script piles up cliches. He just keeps driving his movie right on through them. What's true of him is true of his actors too. De Niro pitches his performance on the edge of psychopathy, where menace and comedy very effectively coexist. But it is Gooding who does the most to redeem the movie, tempering his determination with a patient sweetness...
...such things. Winston Churchill was too involved in winning World War II to think about his legacy. If he had given it some thought, he probably would have made some bad choices favored by public opinion instead of doing what he thought needed to be done. History proved him right. Those concerned about a legacy will probably not leave a very good one. LARRY ERIKSON East Peoria...
...peace agreement with Israel? He cannot control the Arab mobs. Armed Palestinian Authority police cannot maintain order within the Arab enclaves under their nominal authority. There is no assurance that Arafat can make good on any peace agreement that might conceivably result from another summit. Certainly, there are right-wing Israeli fanatics. But the Israeli government speaks for its people. For whom does Arafat speak? SEYMOUR I. KAWALLER Hartford, Conn...
...fact that a small boat was able to maneuver right up to the Cole suggests a mind-boggling lapse of security. Nothing Washington or the Pentagon can say changes that. In a port like Aden, which has been called a "sieve for terrorists," why weren't all boats approaching the Cole searched? Some people should lose their jobs for this lack of security. It cost 17 sailors their life. JOHN D. MARSHALL Honolulu...
...that seven years of Israeli peace initiatives and negotiations with, and concessions to, the Palestinians should be enough time and effort to turn the tide on centuries-old religious and ethnic enmity? And even if he believes that, how can he suggest that Barak give up doing what is right in exchange for the military imposition of a peace that is no peace at all? In fact, as individuals we face our greatest opposition--even violence--when the actions we take and positions we confess are fundamentally the right thing. DON DEENA JOHNSON Anderson...