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...high ideals in the Charter, the United Nations is a very down-to-earth and pragmatic organization, which for the most part deals with hard political realities rather than with sweet reason or ideal aspirations. The opportunities for inspirational leadership or crusading are exceedingly rare...
...Washington's current policy, as outlined last month by Secretary of State William Rogers, is a one-China, one-Taiwan approach. The U.S. will support the admission of Peking without the expulsion of Taipei from the General Assembly. That stand involves harrowing legal problems. According to the U.N. Charter, the admission and expulsion of members must be recommended to the General Assembly by the Security Council. If Peking is allowed to take over China's Security Council seat, it is certain to oppose any plan to retain Taipei's U.N. membership, since it argues-as does Chiang...
...state abortion seekers are not limited to New York City. Detroit Manufacturer Martin Mitchell, for instance, has established a clinic near Niagara Falls, N.Y., and has arranged a thrice-weekly charter flight to bring women there from cities in the Middle West. Others arrive by car. His venture has been booming, to the extent of 175 cases a week. Mitchell, who advertises his clinic on billboards, has even hired a plane to tow a huge airborne sign over Miami Beach. Once he planned airborne abortions, to be performed in a circling jetliner, but he could not find doctors willing...
...high time for the airlines to do something to fill their half-empty seats, to meet fierce price competition from nonscheduled charter airlines and to pass on to the passenger some of the new jumbo jets' tremendous economies of scale. But as the drawn-out negotiations last summer in Montreal showed, few airline managements could agree on what should be done. Now they may have little choice but to follow Lufthansa's lead...
...tobacco and alcohol is, in fact, discouraged at Twin Oaks, and all drugs, including marijuana, are banned. So is television, which is considered a cultural poison. "We decided that we just weren't strong enough to stand up to television," says Kat Griebe, one of Twin Oaks' charter founders and, at 40, one of the oldest members. "Its powerful message is that of middle-class American values, which we reject?a high level of consumption, streamlined cosmetic standards of beauty, male dominance, the use of violence as a problem solver, and the underlying assumption that life should be a constant...