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...proved both expensive and risky. Evans calls the British press "half-free" in comparison with U.S. papers. It is easy to incur heavy penalties in England for printing information that the government considers secret; running stories that could prejudice court trials might land an editor in jail. Still, in spite of stiff official resistance, the Sunday Times managed to publish uncensored excerpts from the diaries of Richard Crossman, a former Cabinet minister. The paper also exposed the important position that Kim Philby had held in British intelligence before he defected to Moscow. Evans chanced contempt of court by publicizing...
their targets only in daylight. In spite of that, the attack was launched before an early-morning haze masking the Syrian positions had lifted...
Managua's attempts at conciliation in spite of this Administration's policy of confrontation was an ideal opening for Washington to come to a settlement with the Sandanistas. After all, the Nicaraguans were the ones backing down, an all important consideration given Reagan's John Wayne style of diplomacy. And the increasing criticism from this country of Salvadoran human rights excesses appeared of late to be producing a few positive results: for example, the Ministry of Defense transfered and demoted several officers accused of rights violations, including the intelligence heads of the Treasury Police--noted rights abusers--and the National...
...adopts the new option, Harvard should make clear that it will remain just that--an option. And in spite of the prediction figures, it should restrain its public enthusiasm for the Achievement Tests and be extra careful to look at the scores in light of students' high school backgrounds. Otherwise, the Harvard name could spur colleges across the nation to take a giant step backwards...
...Infidels, he seems reconciled to restlessness. He also sounds full of fight and the same kind of lacerating spite that passes through the heart like a spike. Jokerman, the album's stunning opener, carries a typically barbed and enigmatic rebuke: "You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah/ But what do you care? Ain't nobody there would want to marry your sister." The jokerman of the title, like many of Dylan's metaphorical protagonists, is part salvation hunter, part satanic twister, and the whole record is like a loosely arranged pilgrim's progress through emotional...