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...root of the bickering is a continuing struggle for power between China's radicals and moderates-a struggle that burst into the open during the 1966-69 Cultural Revolution and has never really been fully resolved. Radical groups are upset that many of the officials who were disgraced during the Cultural Revolution have been reinstated-most notably Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping, the most powerful man in China after Chairman Mao Tse-tung and Premier Chou Enlai. They also object to the moderates' emphasis on production and their slighting of ideological struggle. The radicals seem to be egging...
...from the tip of Lapland to the boot of Italy soaring into the 90s day after day. Palermo recorded 105°, Cannes 98°, Helsinki 90°. In Stockholm's outskirts, where the mercury rose to 95° for the first time since 1811, a heat-crazed elk burst out of the woods, plunged into a suburban swimming pool and splashed madly back and forth before finally being rescued by amused firemen. While Moscow shivered under cold blasts from the north that plunged temperatures into the mid-30s and brought topcoats out of summer storage, the Siberian city...
...hero for Russians in World War II. In 1942 his Seventh Symphony was played at a concert in Moscow. Through the thunder of kettledrums in the symphony's last movement, the wail of air-raid sirens was heard, but no one left the hall. With the final burst of dazzling sound the audience sprang to its feet and gave a long ovation to the pale, gaunt composer...
Continued bad news on the inflation front could seriously complicate these debates. Treasury Secretary William Simon has been arguing that the nation cannot afford production growth at an annual rate of more than 5% to 6% without causing a new burst of inflation. So far, he has been a lonely voice even within the Administration, but the latest figures might give him some new ammunition...
Administration reaction to the spurt was mixed. Treasury Secretary William Simon, an inveterate Cassandra, warned that "inflationary pressures remain a serious and continuing problem." White House Economic Adviser Alan Greenspan more optimistically told the Congressional Joint Economic Committee that the June rise does not foreshadow "a new burst of inflation," but conceded that it does mean the U.S. will have to settle for a "base rate of inflation" higher than 3% to 4%. One reason that price boosts may not continue at the June pace: meat prices have leveled off in recent weeks as larger supplies of beef have begun...