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...control. Honecker denied the need for reform and was swept away by a vast national upheaval. Castro probably identifies more closely with Deng, who succeeded while remaining a communist. But Castro is striving to avoid basic reforms, making it more likely that he could end up like Honecker, a diehard and a failure...
...series' bulging length and rhapsodic tone become wearying, even for a diehard fan. (It's difficult to imagine a nonfan sitting through anything close to the program's full 18 hours.) Baseball is rich in drama, irresistible as nostalgia and, yes, an instructive window into our national psychology. But it is, after all, a game. The lofty rhetoric of The Civil War seemed perfectly suited to the epic subject; in Baseball everything from Carl Hubbell's screwball to Mickey Mantle's bad knees is given the same sense of moment. Hard-hitting Mel Ott, we're told in portentous tones...
...apart today with the Vatican's insisting the statement was pro-abortion. Seven countries followed the Vatican in condemning it, despite the fact that its wording had been agreed to in a Tuesday consensus aimed at pleasing conservative critics. Some countries are now losing patience with the Pope's diehard stance, which has made allies of the Vatican and Islamic fundamentalists. Said a delegate from Ghana: "I'm a Catholic, but I think the Vatican is behaving just like the proverbial ostrich...
...Institutional Revolutionary Party (P.R.I.), led by economist Ernesto Zedillo, won the presidency of Mexico and an overwhelming legislative majority as well. With voter turnout at an impressive 77%, the election was generally regarded as clean, despite accusations of fraud from diehard rebels in the southern state of Chiapas...
...slapping a new CD into astereo should go check out a show, any show, at any club. After watching Ahmad Jamal finally crack a smile, after hearing spit hit the floor as Tiger Okoshi cleans out his trumpet, after watching Don Byron prance maniacally around stage, even the most diehard homebodies will admit that there is nothing like seeing music unfold before their eyes...