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...political front, however, Salinas' success may depend on how quickly he distinguishes himself from his predecessors. While charges of ballot fraud, patronage and corruption have long dogged the P.R.I., the allegations are growing dangerously heated. Last year the situation turned particularly bitter after closely contested mayoral elections in the northern state of Chihuahua, a stronghold of the conservative National Action Party, the largest of the eight opposition parties. Afterward a P.R.I. official conceded, "We may have won the elections, but we have lost the people...
Both views depend on the same faulty premise: that Sasso made an issue out of Biden's actions. In reality, Sasso's revealing the Delaware Senator as a political Rich Little was intended to make a scandal...
...Soviets have been struggling to establish a continuous early-warning launch-detection satellite system. Since these satellites generally have short life-spans, says a Washington analyst, "the Soviets are forever launching those early-warning systems." As a result, the Soviet brass are less prone than their American counterparts to depend heavily on them. Says Johnson: "The military environment will not collapse without those satellites. They are there simply to enhance and increase the efficiency of Soviet ground-based systems...
...ability, but I did not have the right tools the coach needed," Butcher said. "He looks for speed and raw jumping ability in defensive backs--the God-given physical abilities. Whereas my strength is in football intuition. I fare well in his categories, but I don't depend on them...
...height of the coup attempt, Washington passed word to coup leaders that if they were successful, the U.S. would halt military aid to the Philippines, effectively paralyzing all operations against the Communists. Aquino, says U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, "has to organize her armed forces and find persons she can depend upon to probe these grievances and pull together an organization that she can depend on." Adds Lugar: "This is easier described than done...