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Whatever their personal rivalries, the country's new leaders are not expected to clash over ideology or basic policy. They are all Tito loyalists, committed to his basic principles: a federal political system for maintaining Yugoslavia's national unity, the unique system of worker self-management of factories that characterizes the country's maverick brand of Marxism, and strict nonalignment between East and West. Says one French diplomat: "The country's leadership and people will unite at the slightest hint of Soviet menace...
...more sinister view of the Soviets. It could just as well have been seen as confirming Vance's view that with detente on the skids, SALT in limbo and anti-Sovietism resurgent, the Kremlin would figure it had little to lose by invading. Then last month came the clash between the two old rivals over the wisdom of the raid to rescue the hostages-and that ended the struggle...
...clash followed a May Day rally at which Fidel Castro urged 1 million cheering supporters to bid "good riddance" to the "lumpen" leaving Cuba. Though the attackers had come in buses belonging to the CUBAN INSTITUTE FOR FRIENDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE, there was little doubt about who was behind the assault. "It was clearly permitted, if not sponsored, by the Cuban government," charged Thomas Reston, U.S. State Department spokesman. Though Havana promised safe transport home to the squatters, most decided to remain encamped there...
...JUST CAN'T RESIST DEPT.--Elswhere on this page, our esteemed NHL prognosticators throw logic to the winds and pick the Islanders over the Sabres in their semifinal round clash. Don't bet on it--Vezina winners Sauve and Edwards will shut down the hot-and-cold Iles to advance into the finals. You heard it here...
...Philosophy and Public Policy prove that throughout a career of combat, Sidney Hook's hackles and gorge have always risen to the occasion. Those who shrink from confrontation should stay clear of such reactive power. Only thinkers need apply. For them, as Alfred North Whitehead observed, "a clash of doctrines is not a disaster. It is an opportunity...