corners of the mouth and eyes so that the exact nature of the smile cannot be determined. The shadowy quality for which the work is renowned came to be called Leonardo's Smoke. During his lifetime Leonardo was valued as an engineer. In a letter to Ludovico il Moro he claimed to be able to create all sorts of machines both for the protection of a city and for siege. When he fled to Venice in 1499 he found employment as an engineer and devised a system of moveable barricades to protect the city from attack. He also had a scheme for diverting the flow of the Arno River in order to flood Pisa. Within Leonardo's own lifetime his fame was such that the King of France carried him away like a trophy, and was claimed to have supported him in his old age and held him in his arms as he died. The interest in Leonardo's genius has continued unabated; experts study and translate his writings, analyse
It takes a great sweat to make a buck. In many cases, you have been dehumanized as a Black in making that buck. Doesn’t it stand to reason that before you spend that money you would ensure that it is intelligently spent? You know why I have a great admiration for Jews? Because they would never allow anybody to disrespect or humiliate them. Whether it is the state of Israel or Jews in the Diaspora, they use their extraordinary intelligence to retaliate. They don’t believe in going to the barricades; they don’t believe in rallies; they don’t believe in demonstrations. They believe in taking decisive action. If a company dares insult the Jewish people, you know what happens? They buy up the shares of that company, have the board of directors or executives immediately changed, take over the company themselves or sell the shares of the company to depress its stocks. When the buffoon called Idi Amin decided to hold Israelis hostage, what did they do? They did not hold
For one thing, Gorbachev had not gov- erned in the tradition of the czars or Stalin or any of the line of oppressive post- War rulers who had not allowed even a breath of freedom to the masses. He had ceded them certain rights and choices. And when these now established freedoms were threatened, the people lashed out the way a dog would if someone tried taking a fresh bone from its mouth. Within hours of the junta's announcement, thousands were in the streets erecting barricades, confronting armed troops, sur- rounding tanks, and defying curfews. The uprising was so swift, so massive, so uni- tary in its opposition to any retreat from the gains of glasnost that after only three riotous days, the astonished officials relented, surrendering their power and plead- ing for mercy from Chairman Gorbachev. Had they been students of history-or of psychology-the failed plotters would not have been so surprised by the tidal
M a n y M e n t o r s accompany their heroes this far into the adventure, coaching them for the big rounds ahead. 136 T E S T S , ALLIES, ENEMIES T h e Tests may also be built into the architecture or landscape o f the Special World. T h i s world is usually dominated by a villain or Shadow who is careful to surround his world with traps, barricades, and checkpoints. It's common for heroes to fall into traps here or trip the Shadow's security alarms. H o w the hero deals with these traps is part of the Testing. ALLIES A N D ENEMIES Another function of this stage is the making of Allies or Enemies. It's natural for heroes just arriving in the Special W o r l d to spend some time figuring out who can be trusted and relied upon for special services, and who is not to be trusted. T h i s too is
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