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Dual Incomes: For many families, it takes two jobs to get by. Last year about 65% of all mothers, including 51% of those with infants under the age of one, were either holding jobs or looking for them. Many women, of course, work because they enjoy the independence and broader horizons that a job outside the home entails. But an even larger number of mothers would rather stay home to raise their children; they feel driven to take jobs by sheer economic necessity. These mothers, and their families, have lost a key choice as to how they will arrange their...
...China, which is much further along than the Soviet Union, an attempt to convert from partial to much broader free-market pricing has run into serious trouble. Last week a party plenum meeting in Beijing's Great Hall of the People approved measures designed to cool down an overheated economy and reduce an annual inflation rate that is officially conceded to be 19% but may be as high as 30%. As a result, the pace of price reform in China for the next two years is expected to slow significantly...
...electives at Soviet schools. But the Soviets are astonished by the abundance of choices. One visiting student at Wesleyan signed up for a class in jazz improvisation; several are taking courses in Christian ethics, while others are rounding out their schedules with power volleyball and Nautilus instruction. "Knowledge is broader and more universal in American colleges," observes Lyaziza Sabyrova, 22, who is now at Wheaton. Accustomed to narrow specialization, she was amazed to meet an American student who was combining majors in biology and art. "I think that's so interesting...
...willing to forgo the legalization of Solidarity to reach a broader agreement -- say, genuine pluralism within the existing official trade unions...
However, in the broader context of what is happening elsewhere in the world as well as inside the U.S.S.R., the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan may turn out to be part of something much more welcome. It may mark the beginning of the end of Soviet imperialist outreach. And it may have come about not just because of American counterpressure but also because of ferment within the Soviet power structure itself. In short, Kennan's original prediction of the eventual "mellowing" of Soviet power may finally be coming true...