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of the star the camera worshiped. But it is impossible to write ad-
equately of this tragic heroineraised from nothing to sublimity and
then dashed into dust. Perhaps heroine is the wrong word. But then
what is the right one?
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THE HEROIC TRINITY WHO TAMED
THE BEAR: REAGANTHATCHER AND
JOHN PAUL II
Three people won the Cold Wardismantled the Soviet empire and
eliminated Communism as a malevolent world force: Pope John
Paul IIMargaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. They worked in
unofficial concert and we shall perhaps never know which of the
three was the most important. John Paul effectively undermined
the Evil Empire (Reagan’s phrase) in its weakest linkPolandwhere
the process of disintegration began. Margaret Thatcher reinvigo-
rated the capitalist system by starting a worldwide movement to
reduce the public sector by a new term“privatization” and by de-
stroying militant trade unionism. Reagan gave back to the United
States the self-confidence it had lostand at the same time tested
Soviet power to destruction. All were heroeseach in a different
way.
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