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Massachusetts, considered a stubborn bastion of liberalism, was the only state to resist President Richard M. Nixon's reelection tidal wave...
...most modern and attractive nations in the world. From an economy based on exporting soldiers, the Swiss have diversified to become a provider of expensive manufactured goods as well as the world's premier bankers. If there was ever a nation that could be described as a bastion of capitalism, Switzerland...
When black-ruled Zimbabwe was white-ruled Rhodesia, it was a bastion of conservatism and free enterprise. But last week, after four years of independence, Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, 60, declared his intention to transform the former British colony into a one-party Marxist state. The announcement was greeted with enthusiasm by the 6,000 delegates and visitors who had gathered at a race track in the capital of Harare for the first congress in 20 years of Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). The meeting was conducted in the finest leftist tradition, from rhythmic hand clapping...
Chebrikov: Well sir, last week in his syndicated column, which hundreds of papers around the country carry, he launched an attack on Derek Bok, the president of that bastion of capitalism, Harvard University...
...initial as early as next month. The Sino-British plan for the future of the flourishing colony and its 5.5 million people, declared Howe, had all the makings of "a historic agreement." It would convert Hong Kong into an "autonomous special administrative zone" that could continue to be a bastion of freewheeling capitalism for at least 50 years after the 1997 handover. The terms of the agreement would be strictly monitored by a bilateral Joint Liaison Group, which would be formed once the treaty is signed. The proposed deal apparently satisfied both parties. If Peking could rejoice in the return...