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...time, Charles dated Diana's older sister, Sarah; though she said later that the Prince was "a romantic who falls in love easily," he seems to have just as easily fallen out of it. Diana, on the other hand, is said to have had an adolescent crush on Charles that has now blossomed into serious mutual adulation. But with Charles off to India for a two-week official visit, and no announcement of an engagement yet in sight, Britain seemed to be in store for a long and piquant season of Charlie and Diana watching, the frothier the merrier...
...Poland's request is being handled gingerly in Washington. The U.S. faces a delicate dilemma. On the one hand, the Kania government has been moderate so far and may be worth shoring up. On the other, the U.S. could find itself supporting a regime that might some day crush dissidents and the labor movement. In addition, the U.S. might be accused of meddling in Poland's internal affairs, a useful piece of propaganda for the Soviets if they ever intervene...
...Sisyphus and we are all Midas, pushing a rock of gold west to California, knowing it will never cross the continental divide, knowing it will chase us down the mountain, knowing it will crush us with the weight of a shimy dime falling from the top of the Empire State...
Despite some successes, Iraq so far has been unable to crush Iranian resistance. One reason has been the tenacity of the Iranians. Khomeini welcomed the war from the outset as a blessing in disguise; his enthusiasm appears undiminished by military setbacks. Last week he called on Iranians to prepare for a jihad, or holy war, against Saddam's "pagan regime...
More than five years after the fall of Saigon brought South Viet Nam under the banner of socialism, private enterprise survives there. Indeed, the free-market system that Hanoi vowed to crush accounts for 60% of the South's economic activity. Out of necessity, the regime has tacitly accepted the fondness that the entrepreneurial Saigonese have for profits-and even the still treasured U.S. dollar. Following a visit to what is now officially called Ho Chi Minh City, TIME Correspondent David DeVoss filed this report...