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...been appointed to run the country in January. The reason for Lisbon's action was the bloody civil war among Angola's three independence parties. Portugal still intends to grant independence to Angola on Nov. 11. But the murderous infighting among the black Angolan factions could compel Lisbon to hang on to its troublesome African colony far longer than it would like...
Even if Preus declares the eight posts vacant, at least seven of the presidents are expected to be defiantly re-elected by their districts. Whether the confrontation will compel the moderates actually to break with the official church-or how such a rupture would come about-remains to be seen. Evangelical Lutherans in Mission, an organization of moderates that the convention declared "schismatic," will meet next month to discuss what...
...seat in Parliament (TIME, June 23). Even before that, as Mrs. Gandhi noted in one speech last week, there had been threats to India's internal security. "Duly elected [state] governments have not been allowed to function, and in some cases force has been used to compel members to resign in order to dissolve lawfully elected assemblies," she declared. "Agitations have surcharged the atmosphere, leading to violent incidents." Although she did not mention the apparent attempt on her own life in March, when a Hindi newspaper editor was arrested with a loaded pistol as he entered the courtroom...
...scenes like this obviously have nothing to do with the reality of people getting barbecued, but The Towering Inferno is not realistic enough to convince us people are being hurt in the scenes of general destruction. Only when it focuses on scenes of individual danger and heroism does it compel our belief...
...busing, the absence of any consistent educational gains, the deleterious psychological impact upon black children, and the increased polarization of the races." These shortcomings, in addition to busing's superficial and counterproductive nature, the use of force it involves, and its reliance on implicitly racist quotas and educational theories, compel one to reject busing as a means of achieving racial harmony and improving education...