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...full impact of the unexpected presidential move was only slightly diminished by a leak that appeared in a New York Times column by William Safire before the expulsions. Since the French on the previous Thursday had informed the U.S., along with the other NATO allies, of the impending crackdown and the number of Soviet officials involved, Safire appeared to have been tipped off by a talkative U.S. official. It could hardly have been a deliberate leak aimed at forcing the French to act sooner, since the machinery for the mass ouster was already in motion by the time Safire...
...addiction but stood by him as he struggled to right his capsized life. Tarver is now a drug counselor and a candidate for a master's degree in social work at the University of Houston. Having seen the problem from both sides, he doubts whether the new federal crackdown will curb cocaine use. "Suppose you have just one cop on a corner writing tickets, but everybody in town is running the stop sign? How can police stop them...
Despite a crackdown, the return to democracy stays on schedule...
...declare an average annual income of only $6,900, Italy is one of Europe's leading importers of Rolls-Royces and caviar. The unofficial estimate is that 6 million Italian workers, one-third of the labor force, are employed in the underground economy. The latest attempt at a crackdown: a law to make cash registers compulsory in the 800,000 (out of 1.2 million) retail stores that now keep their money in a drawer...
John Paul traveled by helicopter to Quezaltenango, some 100 miles northwest of the capital, for a meeting with Guatemala's Indians, hundreds of whom are believed to have been killed during the past year in a government crackdown on leftist insurgents. Demanding legislation to protect the Indians, John Paul told a crowd dressed in bright colored handwoven outfits that "the church is aware of the discrimination you suffer and the injustices you must put up with, the serious difficulties you have in defending your lands and your rights, the frequent lack of respect for your culture and customs...