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...accurate ballistic missiles like the intercontinental MX and the intermediate-range Pershing II will be necessary as a counter to similar, more numerous Soviet systems, but the unchecked proliferation of such first-strike capabilities on both sides increases the risk not just that the rockets will be on hair trigger but that the nerves of the men who control them will...
What they are all after is a journal in which the priest describes a Cambodia-based Soviet military project that could trigger World War III. The priest's journal is finally retrieved by a comely, red-haired reporter, Rita Macklin, who, unlike most other fictional red-haired reporters, is both credible and vulnerable. Schism, like his first novel, November Man, shows Bill Granger to be deft at high-wire suspense. His prose has the gritty tone of a Le Carre and a special feeling for a burned-out case...
...ultimate protector of their oil wells, most of the moderate gulf states were concerned that the military maneuver would be exploited by Arab radicals to increase political instability. The states also viewed the maneuvers as an escalation of superpower involvement in the region, one that could trigger a Soviet response. Oman did agree to take part in the exercise, but only after asking that the U.S. Marine operations be scaled down from 2,000 troops...
...escape. Finding the exit blocked, he headed for Arthur. Martin punched the judge in the face, drawing blood and sending him sprawling. Last year in a Chicago courtroom, Defendant Wayne Ellis grabbed a revolver from a policeman's holster, aimed it at Judge William Prendergast and pulled the trigger three times. Fortunately, the gun was empty...
...despite his misdeeds, Pixote remains an ambiguous character. With his older friends he is loyal, even loving. His eyes widen in horror when he murders, and he clearly suffers with his victims. He hardly possesses the strength to pull a trigger, but he kills senselessly. Not even an adolescent, he displays the weariness of a 60-year-old. Not since The Tin Drum has there been so unchildlike a child in film...