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...substance. Says a Democratic strategist of his fellow pros: "This is a fairly liberal bunch, and we saw Biden trying to appropriate the liberal mantle with rhetorical tricks." Accusations of plagiarism thus hurt as almost nothing else could. They turned Biden's strong point, the passionate oratory that could bring a crowd to its feet, into a subject for ridicule and fed deep suspicions about his ability to be President...
...dynamism is drawn from a spirit of glasnost, or openness, that preceded the revolution Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is striving to bring to Soviet society. Moscow's venerable Institute of Space Research (known as IKI, its Russian acronym) now bustles with the comings and goings of an increasingly youthful, independent-minded cadre of Soviet space specialists. And along with them are growing numbers of foreign colleagues, many of whom have been invited to add their experiments to Soviet space missions. Visiting scientists need only a pass to wander the halls freely...
...recession and depression, while unsettling, is probably healthy. Since the biggest crashes occur as a result of surprises, nervous discussion may produce some vitally needed preventive measures. The first priority on nearly everyone's list is to halt the U.S. Government's free- spending ways. This will no doubt bring a more modest standard of living in the short run. But it may help America avoid waking up to find frightening headlines in the morning paper a year or two from...
Politically, South African leaders maintain that sanctions have, if anything, proved counterproductive to the aspirations of apartheid's foes. Says David Steward, head of the government's Bureau for Information: "If it is truly the U.S. aim to bring about change in South Africa -- supposing for one moment that the U.S. has any right to interfere in our affairs -- sanctions are the worst possible way of trying to achieve this end." That argument is, of course, self-serving. But the government strummed loudly on the sanctions issue during South Africa's parliamentary election campaign earlier this year. Voter resentment over...
...stickler for detail, TransDesigns Decorator Joan Caruso-Zinicola packs her van with shadow boxes, even containing seashells to complete the "traditional look," and raku pottery to be mounted on pedestals to "bring dead corners to life." Like most of her colleagues, she recommends local craftsmen and contractors and tries to keep them on schedule...