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Parties of the extreme left or right hold little attraction for the great majority of West German voters, who remember all too well Germany's disastrous plunge into Nazi extremism in the 1930s. As a bulwark against political radicalism, the West German Constitution bans all parties that espouse principles inconsistent with a free and democratic society. Despite these psychological and legal barriers, parties of both the far left and far right were once again troublesomely active last week in West Germany...
...French navy will be stronger than Britain's by a margin of two aircraft carriers and one nuclear sub. So much for the navy that William Blackstone, back in 1765, was able to call "England's greatest defense and ornament; its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island...
...along the banks of the Nile and herded onto American soil like cattle, Black and White have been together, yet separate. But from that very moment that the first black foot was planted on undeveloped American soil, the Black man has toiled long years, tilling the soil, building the bulwark structures of this country, and permeating the earth with his tears, blood and even his life...
Fear & Faith. The international monetary system-the agreed way of exchanging one currency for another-runs on faith. For 24 years, the bulwark of that system has been the U.S. Treasury's pledge to redeem dollars held by foreign governments for gold, at an unchanging $35 per oz. Other countries value their own money in terms of dollars, usually keep a big part of their reserves in dollars. After World War II, as other nations gradually followed the U.S. into currency convertibility and trade liberalization, those relationships helped build an enormous, dollar-based world market. Foreigners were delighted...
...Bulwark. All that speed leads Notre Dame's Coach Ara Parseghian to call U.S.C. "undoubtedly the fastest college team I have ever seen." And certainly one of the most complete. There is All-America Tackle Ron Yary, the 6-ft. 6-in., 245-lb. bruiser who bulwarks the offensive line, and Linebacker Adrian Young, who intercepted four Notre Dame passes. And there is Quarterback Steve Sogge, a top pro baseball prospect (he batted 400 for the U.S. team that won at last summer's Pan American Games), who could also fling a football...