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...MAJOR FORCES in the Politburo are not young men. Andropov is 68, Konstantin Chernenko 71, Andrei Kirilenko 76 and Andrei Gromyko 73. In the not-too-distant future, a younger generation that did not live through the horrors of the war will take over. Despite the constraints of the Soviet system, these leaders might well be interested in improving the lot of their people--if only out of necessity. Growing labor unrest and dissidence within the Soviet Union have till now been successfully held in check, but history suggests the country will not stagnate forever. As Goldman puts...
Crews confined to the tanks exude and exert as much or more sweat and effort as teams on the water, without the feeling of the world sweeping past or the excitement of knowing that the boat has never gone as fast. They suffer for the sake of a distant goal and follow a schedule that monopolizes more of the athletes time over the course of a year than perhaps any other sport...
...conflict in the Falklands also aroused heated emotions. Many South Americans objected to Britain's claim to the distant islands. "Argentina's only crime is taking its own territory after 149 years of unfair occupation," said one correspondent from south of the border. On the other side, supporters of Britain waved the Union Jack: "Attagirl, Maggie! You bashed...
...Edward Tease, has been "institutionalized bootlegging." Too, as Architect Gerald Wade was instructing an inquisitor the other day, "Your question is phrased wrong. The question isn't how long the county has been dry, but, rather, whether it's ever been dry." One must call upon a distant memory to catch the root of this observance, and that would be the memory of one's response to a parental order to cease a pleasant but pagan dalliance. The result is defiance, brashly executed...
...temple for the local equivalent of a ribbon cutting. Even if the donors do not achieve nirvana as they climb Borobudur's refurbished steps, they can take pride in setting an example for all the world to emulate in the care of a noble relic of the distant past. -By Frederic Golden. Reported by Sandra Burton/Jogjakarta