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Conservatives such as Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ar.) have accused Carter of treacherously betraying our faithful allies on Taiwan, that "bastion of freedom and democracy." But American perspectives of the China situation have changed. In 1949, for example, Time Magazine named Chiang Kai-shek, the founder of the Nationalist regime, as its Man of the Year; this year, Time so honored PRC Vice-Premier Teng Hsiaoping. Just as we did not 'lose' China to the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, we are not 'abandoning' Taiwan in 1979. In addition, as America has learned, interfering in the internal disputes of Asian...
...Afrikaans churches are also the last major bastion of the theological view that racial segregation is the Creator's will. The doctrine is a relatively new one. At first, the Afrikaans churches made no distinction between God's white and black children. The church remained integrated for about two centuries and, mainly through zealous missionary efforts, growing numbers of nonwhites entered the fold. Only in 1857 did the Afrikaans God formally become a prime divider...
...encourages the Crimson editors and writers to develop a journalistic approach within this male bastion which objectively reveals women and their situation within the university and the world. Annette P. Carnegie '80, for the Student Board Alison M. Brown '79, for the Alumni Council Dr. Shepherd Bliss, E4A Director Susan Eaton '79, E4A Funding and Panelist
...clashes between Christians and Palestinians escalated into full-scale civil war, the Maronite militia turned to Israel for arms and training. A certain elitism - and a mutual hatred of Syrians - has nurtured the longstanding bond between the Israelis and the Europe-oriented Maronites, who regard themselves as a bastion of Western civilization in the Arab world. As a Christian militia officer explained last week, "We feel, like the Israelis, that we are on the spot be cause we are better. We let the Syrians into our country because Syria was too poor to feed them." Nevertheless, the Christians cheered when...
Eight women dressed in suitcoats and ties entered the punching party of the Delta Upsilon (D.U.) final club Sunday in an effort to sexually integrate the traditionally all-male bastion...