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...ensure his comfort. Dissecting the web of hypocrisies and self-deceptions that formed the social fabric of communist life, Havel argues for "living within the truth." He writes, "You do not become a 'dissident' just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy...
Tactically, Grenada and Panama were vastly different. The Grenada strike was thrown together in two days adhering to a foolish requirement that it be a joint operation of all U.S. services. As a result, command lines were blurred and coordination was poor. Navy commanders could not talk to their counterparts in the Army and the Air Force because their radios were incompatible. The troops had difficulty finding the American students they had been sent to liberate...
...spirit, inserting "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" and a hillarious rap version of the poem "Twas The Night Before Christmas" into his line-up. The festive mood extended beyond the songs played; Joel went out of his way to show appreciation for the crowd, wrapping himself in towels thrown from the front rows and stopping security guards so he could shake the hand of a fan who had climbed on stage...
...determined to finish the housecleaning. In communication with Gorbachev, he pledged to carry out the party rehabilitations that Jakes had reneged on. Then Urbanek clinched a deal in which key figures among those expelled from the party 21 years ago refused to rejoin until the last hard-liners were thrown out of the Politburo. On Nov. 26 Urbanek reconvened the Central Committee and secured the resignations of Stepan, Zavadil and Lenart. The purge was complete...
...interview late in the week, Aquino admitted that Philippine military planes had hesitated to strafe and bomb the rebel soldiers. When American might was clearly on Aquino's side, however, Philippine jets attacked rebel-controlled Sangley Point naval station, destroying eight planes on the ground. Their timing thrown off by the intervening U.S. forces, the rebels abandoned Villamor, Fort Bonifacio and the TV stations...