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...disrupt his trip would endanger the "existence of the present government." Then, while Peres was on his way home, the Prime Minister stepped up his attacks. An international peace conference would be "national suicide," he said. "The whole idea is crazy and illogical." Again Peres warned of a government breakup. Then, more calmly, he added, "I'm not looking for the end of the government but for the beginning of peace...
Gordimer's heroine appears, at first glimpse, an unlikely focus for any story with epic intentions. Hillela Capran comes onstage as an aimless teenager with a penchant for trouble. Effectively orphaned by the breakup of her parents' marriage, the girl proves to be too much for either of her mother's sisters, Aunt Olga and Aunt Pauline, to control. Nothing seems to register with the child, not Olga's antique collecting and social climbing, not Pauline's furious campaigning for black civil rights and social progress. When Pauline discovers Hillela in bed with her son Sasha, the welcome...
...would be easy to blow the child leash problem out of proportion. The press could manufacture a "child leash crisis;" editorial writers and dining hall philosophers could compare it to the drug epidemic and the breakup of the nuclear family; and the country could go into another orgy of "What kind of a society are we?" introspections. That would be overreacting to another 1980s abomination...
...also suggested the election of factory managers by their workers. At the same time, Gorbachev made it clear that any such changes would not be permitted to interfere with strict Communist Party control, which he said will remain "unshakable." Said he: "The point at issue assuredly is not any breakup of our political system...
...many consumers the breakup of the Bell System in 1983 contributed to the decline of Western civilization. The split of old reliable Ma Bell into seven regional operating companies left many customers convinced that they were worse off, even though long-distance competition has brought better rates. Indeed, according to a scorecard published in November by Communications Week, local service and repair are now fairly inconsistent across the U.S. The trade publication gave the top grade of A-minus to Ameritech, which serves Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan. The lowest grade of C-plus went to Southwestern Bell (Arkansas...